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Association of a new FCN3 haplotype with high ficolin-3 levels in leprosy. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous system, leading to a high disability rate and social stigma.
Fabiana Antunes Andrade +5 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 526-536, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper presents and tests a new method for publishing and diagnosing leprosy‐related skeletal lesions while making available the leprosy‐related demographic data and pathology for St Mary Magdalen, Winchester (MMW). This method can facilitate interstudy comparisons of leprosy prevalence and severity by improving data comparability.
A. A. Blom +5 more
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Grade 2 disability among leprosy patients: A pilot study from an endemic area of Central India
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Background and Aim: Deformities and disabilities in leprosy lead to significant morbidity to the individual and financial burden to the family. As the prevalence of leprosy is higher in central India, this study was conducted to know the burden of ...
Bada Shravani +6 more
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Head and Neck Clinical Signs Associated With Diseases: A Scoping Review
Special Care in Dentistry, Volume 46, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT Objective Clinical signs observed during head and neck examination offer important diagnostic clues. This scoping review aimed to identify key clinical signs in this region associated with diseases and syndromes and to map them according to their location. Methods An electronic literature search was performed in five databases (Embase, LILACS,
Helena Miguel Cotter +8 more
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A Multiepitope‐Based Lateral Flow Assay for Leprosy Antibodies
Analysis &Sensing, Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2026.An innovative lateral flow assay for leprosy diagnosis is based on gold nanoparticles and synthetic Mycobacterium leprae epitopes conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin protein to enhance antibody detection. This strategy provides a rapid, accurate, and low‐cost approach for resource‐limited settings, enabling the early detection of infection. Leprosy
Cristiane Zocatelli‐Ribeiro +7 more
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Report of two cases of lepromatous leprosy at an early age
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Leprosy is an infectious disease that has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Lepromatous leprosy has a deficient cellular immune response and high bacillary multiplication.
Gabriela Belmonte Dorilêo +3 more
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Lucio's phenomenon: exuberant case report and review of Brazilian cases [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016 Lucio’s phenomenon is an uncommon reaction characterized by severe necrotizing cutaneous lesions that occurs in patients with Lucio’s leprosy and lepromatous leprosy. It is considered by some authors as a variant of type 2 or 3 reaction.
Rafael Henrique Rocha +5 more
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Borderline" lepromatous leprosy"
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1971 No abstract ...
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CD4+ Th17 cells discriminate clinical types and constitute a third subset of non Th1, Non Th2 T cells in human leprosy. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND: Patients with localized tuberculoid and generalized lepromatous leprosy show respectively Th1 and Th2 cytokine profile. Additionally, other patients in both types of leprosy also show a non discriminating Th0 cytokine profile with both ...
Chaman Saini, V Ramesh, Indira Nath
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