Small-fiber polyneuropathy in leprosy without skin changes: study of 17 cases
Leprosy is one of the most common diseases of the peripheral nerves. In some cases there is only neural involvement without skin changes (neuritic form). The neuropathy has often a distal stocking and glove distribution with thermal and pinprick anesthesia and preservation of proprioception. There i...
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| Main Authors: | Marcos R.G. de Freitas, Osvaldo J.M. Nascimento, Ernestina A.M. Quaglino, Andréia Oliveira, Myrian D. Hahn |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
2003-09-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000400003&tlng=en |
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