Ultrasonography of Leprosy Neuropathy: A Longitudinal Prospective Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Lugão, Helena Barbosa ^a   Frade, Marco Andrey Cipriani ^a   Marques Jr, Wilson ^a   Foss, Norma Tiraboschi ^a   Nogueira Barbosa, Marcello Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007285012     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005111     Document Type: Article

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