Asymmetric Nerve Enlargement: A Characteristic of Leprosy Neuropathy Demonstrated by Ultrasonography

BACKGROUND: Neurological involvement occurs throughout the leprosy clinical spectrum and is responsible for the most feared consequences of the disease. Ultrasonography (US) provides objective measurements of nerve thickening and asymmetry. We examined leprosy patients before beginning multi-drug th...

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Pubblicato in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Autori principali: Lugão, Helena Barbosa, Nogueira-Barbosa, Marcello Henrique, Marques Jr., Wilson, Foss, Norma Tiraboschi, Frade, Marco Andrey Cipriani
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672904/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26646143
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004276
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