Diagnosis and treatment of leprous neuropathy in practice

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 960-966

  Flageul, B ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leprosy; Leprous neuropathy; Pure neural leprosy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROUS NEUROPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; CLASSIFICATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SKIN; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 84870695432     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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