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Prevention of repeated episodes of type 2 reaction of leprosy with the use of thalidomide 100 mg/day()

BACKGROUND: Leprosy can have its course interrupted by type 1 and 2 reactional episodes, the last named of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). Thalidomide has been the medication of choice for the control of ENL episodes since 1965. OBJECTIVES: These episodes can repeat and cause damages to the patient...

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Autores principales: Putinatti, Maria Stella de Mello Ayres, Lastória, Joel Carlos, Padovani, Carlos Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142037