Early Diagnosis of Neuropathy in Leprosy—Comparing Diagnostic Tests in a Large Prospective Study (the INFIR Cohort Study)

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is the most frequent treatable neuromuscular disease. Yet, every year, thousands of patients develop permanent peripheral nerve damage as a result of leprosy. Since early detection and treatment of neuropathy in leprosy has strong preventive potential, we conducted a cohort study...

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Autores principales: van Brakel, Wim H., Nicholls, Peter G., Wilder-Smith, Einar P., Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, Lockwood, Diana N. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18382604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000212

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18382604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000212

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