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ANAIS BRASILEIROS DE DERMATOLOGIA
Volume 83, Issue 1, Pages 75-82Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000100010
Keywords
erythema nodosum; leprosy; leprosy/complications; leprosy/therapy; neuritis; peripheral nervous system diseases
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- Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
- LEPRA
- American Leprosy Mission
- Special Trustees of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
- British Association of Dermatologists
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Leprosy reactions are a major cause of nerve damage and morbidity in a significant proportion of leprosy patients. Reactions are immunologically mediated and can occur even after successful completion of multi-drug therapy. This review focuses on the epidemiology, pathology and treatment of leprosy type 1 reactions, erythema nodosum leprosum and silent neuropathy.
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