Histoid leprosy: a rare exuberant case

AbstractLeprosy is a neglected disease. We point up the need of recognizing the unusual clinical presentations of the disease in order to make early diagnosis and proper treatment possible, and break the transmission chain. The authors report a rare type of multibacillary leprosy: histoid leprosy an...

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Main Authors: Pedro Jose Secchin de Andrade, Sulamita dos Santos Nascimento Dutra Messias, Paola Cristina Brandão Oliveira Ferreira, Anna Maria Sales, Alice de Miranda Machado, José Augusto da Costa Nery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015-10-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962015000500756&tlng=en