Revisiting primary neural leprosy: Clinical, serological, molecular, and neurophysiological aspects.

• Main Authors: Diogo Fernandes Dos Santos (Author), Matheus Rocha Mendonça (Author), Douglas Eulálio Antunes (Author), Elaine Fávaro Pípi Sabino (Author), Raquel Campos Pereira (Author), Luiz Ricardo Goulart (Author), Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leprosy neuropathy is considered the most common peripheral neuropathy of infectious etiology worldwide, representing a public health problem. Clinical diagnosis of primary neural leprosy (PNL) is challenging, since no skin lesions are found and the slit skin smear bacilloscopy is negative. However,...