Peripheral nerve abnormality in HIV leprosy patients.

• Main Authors: Marilia Brasil Xavier (Author), Mariana Garcia Borges do Nascimento (Author), Keila de Nazare Madureira Batista (Author), Danusa Neves Somensi (Author), Fernando Octavio Machado Juca Neto (Author), Thomaz Xavier Carneiro (Author), Claudia Maria Castro Gomes (Author), Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The geographical overlap of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and leprosy infection has become increasingly frequent and worrying, bringing many clinical issues. Peripheral neuropathy is very frequent in leprosy because of the predilection of its etiologic agent by Schwann cells of the p...