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Multibacillary leprosy patients with high and persistent serum antibodies to leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1/LID-1: higher susceptibility to develop type 2 reactions
Leprosy inflammatory episodes [type 1 (T1R) and type 2 (T2R) reactions] represent the major cause of irreversible nerve damage. Leprosy serology is known to be influenced by the patient's bacterial index (BI) with higher positivity in multibacillary patients (MB) and specific multidrug therapy...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760150198 |