| Id: | 13955
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| Author: | Sandberg, Philip; Shum, Tony K
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| Title: | Lepromatous leprosy of the larynx
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| Source: | s.l; s.n; 1983. 5 p. ilus.
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| Abstract: | Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a chronic, systemic, granulomatous infection in man caused by the acid-fast organism Mycobacterium leprae, which has a predilection for the skin, the peripheral nervous system, and the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. The organism establishes a stable host-parasite relationship that is usually not fatal but that is potentially mutilating....(AU).
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| Descriptors: | DAPSONA/uso terap
DOENCAS DA LARINGE/microbiol
DOENCAS DA LARINGE/patol
HANSENIASE/quimioter
HANSENIASE/patol
RIFAMPINA/uso terap
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| Limits: | RELATO DE CASO
HUMANO
MASCULINO
IDOSO
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| Electronic Medium: | http://www.ilsl.br
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| Location: | BR191.1; 09099/s |
