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The treatment of acute nerve function impairment in leprosy: results from a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh

2000; British Leprosy Relief Association; Volume: 71; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/0305-7518.20000018

2162-8807

RICHARD P. CROFT, Peter Nicholls, Jan Hendrik Richardus, W. Cairns S. Smith,

Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery

In this paper, the outcome of 132 patients having acute nerve function impairment (NFl) is reported at 4 and 12 months after the start of prednisolone treatment.In all, 68% of sensory nerves and 67% of motor nerves showed improve ment at 12 months, with no statistical difference in responsiveness of various nerves