Epidemiological profile of leprosy reactions in a referral center in Campinas (SP), Brazil, 2010-2015

Leprosy patients can present reactions during the course of the disease. There are no official data on these reactions in Brazil. We aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with such reactions, analyzing information from patient records at a referral center in Campinas (SP)...

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Autores principales: Ambrosano, Letícia, dos Santos, Marcel Alex Soares, Machado, Elaine Cristina Faria Abrahão, Pegas, Elisangela Samartin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6001109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29924248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187260
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Sumario:Leprosy patients can present reactions during the course of the disease. There are no official data on these reactions in Brazil. We aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with such reactions, analyzing information from patient records at a referral center in Campinas (SP), from 2010 to 2015.

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