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Ocular complications in incident relapsed borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy patients in south India.

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003
Purpose: To determine the magnitude of ocular complications that present in incident cases of relapsed borderline lepromatous (BL) and lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients.
Daniel Ebenezer, Koshy Sheena, Joseph Geetha, Rao P   +3 more
doaj  

Lucio’s phenomenon in a non-endemic region: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Leprosy remains a persistent health challenge in endemic regions with cases rising in non-endemic regions such as North America. Patients with leprosy present with a variety of symptoms including limited skin lesions in tuberculoid leprosy to extensive ...
Adam C Yu, Airiss R Chan, Eunice Y Chow
doaj   +1 more source

Vasculonecrotic reactions in leprosy

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Multibacillary, lepromatous or borderline leprosy patients may present two types of vasculonecrotic reactions: Lucio phenomenon and that associated with erythema nodosum leprosum.
Letícia Fogagnolo, Elemir Macedo de Souza, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho   +3 more
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Lepromatous Leprosy [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1973
Sheila M Johnston, A C McDougall, T J Ryan   +2 more
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Immunohistochemical Study of Nerve Growth Factor Expression in Hansen’s Disease

Indian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology
Aim: To study the immunoexpression of nerve growth factor (NGF) in Hansen’s disease to assess the diagnostic and prognostic significance. Objective: NGF is a neurotrophin and an important growth factor for the tissue remodeling process. Higher expression
Fatma Lubna, Aijaz Abbas, Mohammad Adil, Kafil Akhtar   +3 more
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Expression and cytokine secretion in the states of immune reactivation in leprosy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1998
Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The human response to this pathogen exhibits intriguing aspects which are up to now not well understood.
Sampaio E.P., Sarno E.N.
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Patient-attributed lunar periodicity in probable ulcerated erythema nodosum leprosum: A case report and proposed psychoneuroendocrine mechanism. [PDF]

IDCases
Hagos BT, Weldemedhn SG, Geto RG, Wordofa KD, Meshesha GA, Abera AA, Kebede EM, Kidanu KA, Berhe BM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Socio-Demographic Factors and Deformity Among Patients With Leprosy in the Post-elimination Era: A Prospective Study. [PDF]

Cureus
Kumar P, Verma P, Rai T, Jain S, Verma D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Oral Diagnosis of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Hyperendemic Region of Brazil. [PDF]

Head Neck Pathol
Rosa ACG, Alves MPAA, Dorta RG.
europepmc   +1 more source

A retrospective review of leprosy diagnosed histopathologically from skin biopsy specimens in central South Africa. [PDF]

S Afr J Infect Dis
van Wyk RB, le Grange DL, Budding L.
europepmc   +1 more source