High-resolution sonography: a new technique to detect nerve damage in leprosy.

• Main Authors: Suman Jain (Author), Leo H Visser (Author), T L N Praveen (Author), P Narasimha Rao (Author), Thummalakunta Surekha (Author), Ramesh Ellanti (Author), Thummalakunta L N Abhishek (Author), Indira Nath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Leprosy is the most common treatable peripheral nerve disorder worldwide with periods of acute neuritis leading to functional impairment of limbs, ulcer formation and stigmatizing deformities. Since the hallmarks of leprosy are nerve enlargement and inflammation, we used high-resolution...