Mu-opioid receptor expression in multibacillary leprosy

• Main Authors: Patrícia Elizabeth Pignataro (Author), Leonardo Pereira Quintella (Author), Helen Ferreira (Author), Adelaide Lopes Amorim (Author), Roberta Olmo Pinheiro (Author), Luiz Claudio Ferreira (Author), Francisco das Chagas de Carvalho Rodrigues (Author), Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Open Journal of Tropical Medicine - Peertechz Publications, 2019-12-31.
• Teme: Research Article
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<p>Background: During the clinical course of multibacillary leprosy disease, mainly in Lepromatous Leprosy (LL) patients, acute and systemic inflammatory episodes known as Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL) may be present. The histology of ENL skin lesions initially shows hyperplasia of epidermis...