Intraneural injection of corticosteroids to treat nerve damage in leprosy: a case report and review of literature

INTRODUCTION: Nerve damage in leprosy patients leads to deformities and disabilities. Oral corticosteroids are given early to prevent permanent injury. We present a new approach to treat well-established nerve damage with local injection of corticosteroids. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old leprosy p...

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Autores principales: Nashed, Sherine G, Rageh, Tarek A, Attallah-Wasif, Emad S, Abd-Elsayed, Alaa A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19068123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-381

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