Isolated median neuropathy as the first symptom of leprosy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-184

  Vital, Robson Teixeira ^a,b   Illarramendi, Ximena ^a   Antunes, Sérgio Luiz Gomes ^a   Nascimento, Márcio ^a   Da Costa Nery, José Augusto ^a   Nascimento, Osvaldo ^b   Sarno, Euzenir Nunes ^a   Jardim, Márcia Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; Digital neuropathy; Leprosy; Median neuropathy, nerve biopsy; Pure neural leprosy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BIOPSY; NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

BONE RESORPTION; DIGITAL NEUROPATHY; LEPROSY; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY, NERVE BIOPSY; PURE NEURAL LEPROSY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881030998     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23731     Document Type: Article

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