The religious imaginary of Hansen's disease patients: a comparative study of former inmates of the asylums of São Paulo and current Hansen's disease patients [PDF]
, 2009 Analisa a religiosidade de pacientes portadores de hanseníase que viveram dois períodos distintos da história do tratamento dos doentes: o do internamento em asilos e o da prática atual.
MELLAGI, André Gonçalves +1 more
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Evaluación inmunológica durante el tratamiento de un caso de lepra dimorfa lepromatosa
Revista Alergia México, 2016 Background: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection that affects skin and peripheral nerves. Its prevalence has declined, but is still observed mainly in poor rural areas.Case report: A male city dweller with photophobia and chronic dermatosis in the face: nodular and erythematous lesions, pustules, keratitis and entropion, partial eyebrows loss ...
Blanca María Morfín-Maciel +1 more
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La Lepra en el municipio de Fortaleza, CE, Brasil: aspectos epidemiológicos y operacionales en menores de 15 años (1995-2006) [PDF]
, 2008 Estudo transversal que objetiva analisar a ocorrência de casos de hanseníase em menores de 15 anos de idade residentes no Município de Fortaleza e notificados no SINAN.
ALENCAR, Carlos Henrique Morais de +6 more
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Detección del ADN de Mycobacterium leprae en secreción nasal [PDF]
, 2008 Studies have demonstrated high sensibility of the polimerase chain reaction (PCR) technique in the identification of the Mycobacterium leprae DNA . This study aimed to evalue the PCR sensibility at the detection of the M.
ALMEIDA, Maria das Graças Carvalho +4 more
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Leprosy in Espírito Santo State, Brazil: a growing endemic? [PDF]
, 2008 Descrição do comportamento e análise da tendência da hanseníase entre pacientes residentes no Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil, de 1980 a 2003. Utilizando modelos estatísticos para séries temporais, identificou-se tendência crescente para todo o período ...
MARTINS, Cleide Lavieri +2 more
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Imaging methods evaluation in osteoarticular and peripheral nerves involvement in leprosy [PDF]
, 2006 In leprosy, bone lesions due direct invasion of bacilli are low in incidence and these lesions exhibit radiologic findings of acute and chronic osteomyelitis similar to those of other granulomatous infectious agents.
Ciconelli, Rozana Mesquita +3 more
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics in the retreatment of leprosy relapse [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical and laboratory data of leprosy patients diagnosed in specialized services in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, during the initial treatment and the retreatment of relapse.
Ferreira, Silvana Margarida Benevides +2 more
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O FENÔMENO REACIONAL NA HANSENÍASE E ASPECTOS DA ASSISTÊNCIA DE ENFERMAGEM [PDF]
, 2015 Due to chronic evolution in leprosy, acute phenomena known as reactional episodes may occur before the diagnosis, during treatment, or even after the cure, predisposing patients to deformities.
Paschoal, Vania Del’Arco +1 more
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Aspecto físico e as repercussôes na qualidade de vida e autonomia de idosos afetados por hanseníase [PDF]
, 2017 Leprosy, coupled with aging process, brings physical changes, which interfere in dependency and autonomy. The objective was to evaluate the physical aspect and the impact on the quality of life and the autonomy of elderly people affected by leprosy ...
Aguiar, Maria Isis Freire de +3 more
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Hansenologia Internationalis, 2003 A hanseníase continua sendo um importante problema de saúde pública no Brasil. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar o grau de conhecimento sobre a doença na população de áreas adstritas a 8 unidades básicas de saúde de duas regiões metropolitanas do RJ ...
Renata Antunes Joffe +5 more
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