Clinico-pathological features of erythema nodosum leprosum: A case-control study at ALERT hospital, Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Edessa Negera (Author), Stephen L Walker (Author), Selfu Girma (Author), Shimelis N Doni (Author), Degafe Tsegaye (Author), Saba M Lambert (Author), Munir H Idriss (Author), Yohanis Tsegay (Author), Hazel M Dockrell (Author), Abraham Aseffa (Author), Diana N Lockwood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leprosy reactions are a significant cause of morbidity in leprosy population. Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is an immunological complication affecting approximately 50% of patients with lepromatous leprosy (LL) and 10% of borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy. ENL is associated with clinical feature...