Early diagnosis of neuropathy in leprosy--comparing diagnostic tests in a large prospective study (the INFIR cohort study).

• Những tác giả chính: Wim H van Brakel (Tác giả), Peter G Nicholls (Tác giả), Einar P Wilder-Smith (Tác giả), Loretta Das (Tác giả), Pramila Barkataki (Tác giả), Diana N J Lockwood (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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BACKGROUND: Leprosy is the most frequent treatable neuromuscular disease. Yet, every year, thousands of patients develop permanent peripheral nerve damage as a result of leprosy. Since early detection and treatment of neuropathy in leprosy has strong preventive potential, we conducted a cohort study...