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Avaliação do grau de incapacidade dos pacientes com diagnóstico de hanseníase em serviço de dermatologia do estado de São Paulo

2010; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 43; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0037-86822010000400025

ISSN

1678-9849

Autores

Cinthia Janine Meira Alves, Jaison Antônio Barreto, Letícia Fogagnolo, Letícia Arsie Contin, Priscila Wolf Nassif,

Tópico(s)

Leprosy Research and Treatment

Resumo

IINTRODUCTION: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that can lead to physical incapacity.The medical records of 167 patients diagnosed with leprosy between 2003 and 2007 were reviewed.Most of the patients (60%) presented physical incapacity at the time of diagnosis: 34% with grade I and 26% with grade II. It was observed that the degree of incapacity had a direct correlation with the duration of the disease.Leprosy is still diagnosed late, which may contribute towards maintaining this endemic disease.

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