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Revisiting primary neural leprosy: Clinical, serological, molecular, and neurophysiological aspects
BACKGROUND: Leprosy neuropathy is considered the most common peripheral neuropathy of infectious etiology worldwide, representing a public health problem. Clinical diagnosis of primary neural leprosy (PNL) is challenging, since no skin lesions are found and the slit skin smear bacilloscopy is negati...
Autores principales: | dos Santos, Diogo Fernandes, Mendonça, Matheus Rocha, Antunes, Douglas Eulálio, Sabino, Elaine Fávaro Pípi, Pereira, Raquel Campos, Goulart, Luiz Ricardo, Goulart, Isabela Maria Bernardes |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5720806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006086 |
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