Functional Impairment of Skin Appendages Due to Peripheral Nerve Involvement by Mycobacterium leprae

In the earliest stage of Mycobacterium leprae infection, bacteria parasitize fine fiber twigs of autonomic peripheral nerves supplying efferent impulses to appendages of the skin. This obligate intracellular pathogen invades Schwann cells, the glial cells of peripheral nerves. Intracellular events i...

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Autores principales: Granger, Donald L, Rosado-Santos, Harry, Lo, Tze Shien, Florell, Scott R, Shimwella, Rehema A T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7566401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33094119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa419

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7566401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33094119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa419

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