Leprosy and rheumatoid arthritis: consequence or association?
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae with a high prevalence in some developing countries however, it is rarely seen in non-endemic regions. Arthritis has been described in all types of Hansen's disease. Chronic arthritis i...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1063 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/1063 |