Prognostic considerations based on a study of 38 hanseniasis patients submitted to Mitsuda tests 23 to 35 years previously

Out of 2.775 hanseniasis patients Mitsuda tested by one of the authors (R) from 1933 to 1947, 38 were re-examined in 1970/1971. 28 had been treated regularly, 6 did not receive sulfones. Improvement or disappearance of dermatological lesions occurred in 31 (81.5%), independently of reactivity. All...

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Main Authors: MAURICIO M. A. ALCHORNE, ABRAHÃO ROTBERG, JORGE MICHALANY, PAULO DE O. VARGAS, TUPY P. CASSIANO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima 1978-06-01
Series:Hansenologia Internationalis
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Online Access:https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35636