Abstract
Leprosy is an important cause of nontraumatic peripheral neuropathy. Its main clinical features are anesthetic skin lesions and peripheral neuropathy, but skin lesions are sometimes absent. The different types of leprosy (leprous neuritis and lepromatous, tuberculoid, and borderline lepsrosy), pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of leprosy are discussed in this chapter.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Aminoff's Neurology and General Medicine |
Subtitle of host publication | Fifth Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 845-856 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780124077102 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Borderline leprosy
- Drug treatment of leprosy
- Erythema nodosum leprosum
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Leprous neuritis
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Tuberculoid leprosy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Dentistry
- General Medicine