Indeterminate leprosy and lepromatous index case: four cases in the same family

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Brazil remains as the country with the second largest number of cases in the world. We report the case of three patients diagnosed with indeterminate leprosy in the same fa...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Vanessa Priscilla Martins, Fonseca, Heloisa Helena Ramos, Sens, Mariana Mazzochi, Bender, Alvaro Thadeu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132050

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132050

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