Dopa-stained melanocytes in the macular lesions of early leprosy
The mechanism of association of hypopigmentation and sensorial loss in a leprosy macular lesions has not been clarified yet. The biopsy of a macular lesion on the medial face of the right forearm of a fourteen-year old male leprosy patient was submitted to DOPA-staining for melanocytes, which is sp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima
1996-11-01
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| Series: | Hansenologia Internationalis |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36475 |