High-Resolution Sonography: A New Technique to Detect Nerve Damage in Leprosy

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is the most common treatable peripheral nerve disorder worldwide with periods of acute neuritis leading to functional impairment of limbs, ulcer formation and stigmatizing deformities. Since the hallmarks of leprosy are nerve enlargement and inflammation, we used high-resolution...

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Autores principales: Jain, Suman, Visser, Leo H., Praveen, T. L. N., Rao, P. Narasimha, Surekha, Thummalakunta, Ellanti, Ramesh, Abhishek, Thummalakunta L. N., Nath, Indira
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000498

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000498

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