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Sensory cutaneous nerve fine-needle aspiration in Hansen's disease: A retrospective analysis of our experience

BACKGROUND: Leprosy affects peripheral nerves. As Mycobacterium leprae has unique tropism for Schwann cells, thickened sensory cutaneous nerves provide an easy target for the detection of lepra bacilli and other changes associated with the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data of patients with se...

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Autores principales: Prasoon, Dev, Mandal, Swapan Kumar, Agrawal, Parimal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26729977
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.168843