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A Systematic Review of Immunological Studies of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum. [PDF]

, 2017
Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a painful inflammatory complication of leprosy occurring in 50% of lepromatous leprosy patients and 5-10% of borderline lepromatous patients.
Abalos, Abdallah, Abdallah, Adhe, Anders, Anderson, Anderson, Anderson, Andreoli, Anthony, Anthony, Anthony, Antunes, Attia, Attia, Auttachoat, Baatrup, Bach, Bach, Barnes, Belgaumkar, Berrington, Berrington, Beuria, Beuria, Beyrau, Bhattacharya, Bhoopat, Bjorvatn, Blavy, Boer, Bottasso, Brito Mde, Britton, Brusko, Buckle, Bullock, Chaitanya, Chakrabarty, Chakrabarty, Chandler, Chowdhry, Das, de Azevedo, de la Barrera, de Messias, de Sales Marques, Dias, Dubey, Dupnik, Faber, Fatima, Fehervari, Filley, Foss, Freire, Furukawa, Gelber, Geniteau, Goihman-Yahr, Goulart, Grevink, Hamerlinck, Harikrishan, Haslett, Haslett, Hauptmann, Hernandez Mde, Herra, Hogg, Hoiby, Humphres, Hussain, Hussain, Iyer, Iyer, Izumi, Jacobson, Jadhav, Jayapal, Job, Kifayet, Kifayet, Kim, Kim, Kruger, Laal, Lange, Langereis, Lee, Leliefeld, Levis, Levis, Lewis, Libert, Lim, Lockwood, Mabalay, Madan, Mahaisavariya, Mahaisavariya, Mandal, Martiniuk, Massone, Memon, Mendonca, Miller, Miyao, Modlin, Modlin, Modlin, Modlin, Mohanty, Mohanty, Moraes, Moraes, Moran, Motta, Moubasher, Moubasher, Mshana, Mshana, Mshana, Murphy, Narayanan, Nath, Nath, Nigam, Nishimura, Ohi, Oliveira, Parente, Parida, Partida-Sanchez, Penttinen, Pepler, Pocaterra, Rada, Rada, Ramanathan, Ramanathan, Ramanathan, Ramien, Rao, Rao, Rao, Rasheed, Rea, Rea, Rea, Rea, Reichlin, Ridley, Ridley, Rodrigues, Rojas, Rojas, Rojas-Espinosa, Saha, Saha, Saini, Saini, Saini, Saini, Sakane, Sallam, Sampaio, Sampaio, Sampaio, Sampaio, Santegoets, Santos, Santos, Santos, Sarita, Sarno, Sasiain, Sasiain, Schifferli, Schifferli, Schmitz, Schon, Schuring, Schwerer, Scollard, Scollard, Scotland, Sehgal, Sehgal, Sehgal, Sehgal, Sehgal, Sehgal, Shamseer, Shen, Sher, Silva, Singh, Singh, Song, Sousa, Stefani, Stefani, Sullivan, Sunderkotter, Tadesse, Tan Trao, Teixeira, Teles, Trao, Tung, Turk, Tyagi, Tyagi, Valentijn, Vieira, Villahermosa, Voorend, Wager, Walker, Walker, Wallach, Wallach, Waters, Wemambu, Wiggins, Wolkenstein, Yanase, Ye   +228 more
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Leprosy in families: Clinicoepidemiological profile from a tertiary care centre

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2017
Objectives: The primary objective of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence of leprosy in families, and the secondary objective was to study the clinicoepidemiological features of leprosy in families.
Sukumaran Pradeep Nair
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Verrucous lepromatous leprosy: a rare form of presentation - Report on two cases [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
Leprosy skin lesions are described as hypochromic or erythematous macules, pale erythematous or reddish-brown plaques, papules, nodules, and diffuse cutaneous infiltration, depending on the clinical form of the disease. They may be accompanied by hypo or
Marcelo Zanolli Medeiros, Gunter Hans Filho, Luiz Carlos Takita, Carolina Faria Santos Vicari, Aline Blanco Barbosa, Daíne Vargas Couto   +5 more
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Borderline lepromatous leprosy: A case report

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Rationale: Lepromatous leprosy can have many atypical presentations, obscuring early diagnosis. We present a case of lepromatous leprosy, presenting with atypical features, which made a diagnostic dilemma.
Nilshan Fernando, Chiranthi Welhenge, Ranjan Premaratna, Ahamed Uwyse   +3 more
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Potential of AKR1B10 as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Type 2 Leprosy Reaction

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
The AKR1B10 (aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10) gene has important functions in carcinogen-induced neoplasia. AKR1B10 is also expressed in type 2 reaction leprosy patients (R2).
Cleverson T. Soares, Luciana R. V. Fachin, Ana P. F. Trombone, Patricia S. Rosa, Cássio C. Ghidella, Andrea F. F. Belone   +5 more
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Skin microbiota: a source of disease or defence?

, 2008
Microbes found on the skin are usually regarded as pathogens, potential pathogens or innocuous symbiotic organisms. Advances in microbiology and immunology are revising our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of microbial virulence and the specific
Cogen, AL, Gallo, RL, Nizet, V
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Diffuse lepromatous leprosy caused by dual infection of mycobacterium leprae and mycobacterium lepromatosis: A case report

Dermatology Reports, 2019
M. lepromatosis is the dominant cause of leprosy in Mexico and it co-exists with M. leprae in endemic areas as the once elusive second cause of leprosy. A 41-year-old Madurese woman came with multiple ulcer on her legs, hands and buttock. The ulcers were
Ridha Ramadina Widiatma, Hari Sukanto
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Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India by the Second Millenium B.C. [PDF]

, 2009
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by _Mycobacterium leprae_ that affects almost 500,000 people worldwide^1^. The timing of first infection, geographic origin, and pattern of transmission of the disease are unknown^1-3^.
Gwendolyn Robbins, Kelsey Gray, Malcolm Schug, RK Mohanty, Veena Tripathy, VN Misra, VS Shinde   +6 more
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Demyelinating Leprosy Neuropathy: An Unusual and Misleading Electrophysiological Pattern

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Peripheral neuropathy, especially mononeuropathy multiplex, is a frequent manifestation of leprosy. Electrodiagnostic studies (EDX) usually show predominant axonal involvement. In this study, we report patients with prominent demyelinating abnormalities consistent with the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating ...
Cendrine Foucard, Marie Jachiet, Karine Viala, Thierry Maisonobe, Guillaume Fargeot   +4 more
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De Novo Histoid Leprosy in an Elderly: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Pathology, 2012
Histoid leprosy, an uncommon variant of lepromatous leprosy, develops usually as relapse in lepromatous patients who are on dapsone monotherapy, but uncommonly arises de novo.
Deepak Dimri, Bhawna Sethi, Yogesh Kumar
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