Changes in the Cutaneous Nerve Fiber Staining and Distribution of PGP9.5 in Clinically Uninvolved Skin in Leprosy Patients after Completion of Multidrug Therapy and Assessing PGP9.5 as a Marker of Treatment Response

• Main Authors: Vishal Thakur (Author), Tarun Narang (Author), Anuradha Bishnoi (Author), Garima Dhawan (Author), Ankur Sharma (Author), Uma Nahar Saikia (Author), T Muhammad Razmi (Author), Sunil Dogra (Author), Sanjeev Handa (Author), Manish Modi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Subclinical involvement of nerves may sometimes be present much before the overt clinical manifestations become apparent. Protein gene product (PGP) 9.5, a ubiquitin-C-terminal hydrolase, has been widely used as a marker to study the involvement of peripheral nerve fibers in many disease...