Leprosy
Research on leprosy reported by scientists at University of Sao Paulo
Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, October 13th, 2009
According to a study from Sao Paulo, Brazil, "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of ulnar nerve sonography in leprosy neuropathy with electrophysiologic correlation. Twenty-one consecutive patients with leprosy (12 men and 9 women; mean age +/- SD, 47.7 +/- 17.2 years) and 20 control participants (14 men and 6 women; mean age, 46.5 +/- 16.2 years) were evaluated with sonography."
"Leprosy diagnosis was established on the basis of clinical, bacteriologic, and histopathologic criteria. The reference standard for ulnar neuropathy in this study was clinical symptoms in patients with proven leprosy The sonographic cross-sectional areas (CSAs)...
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