Muscle involvement in leprosy: study of the anterior tibial muscle in 40 patients

The involvement of skeletal striated muscle in leprosy is considered secondary due to peripheral neuropathy, but some studies point it to a primary muscle lesion. In order to investigate the muscle involvement in leprosy, we studied 40 patients (lepromatous 23, tuberculoid 13, borderline 2 and indet...

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Main Authors: LINEU CESAR WERNECK, HÉLIO A.G. TEIVE, ROSANA HERMINIA SCOLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1999-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000500001&tlng=en
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