Decrease health-related quality of life in pediatric leprosy patients with musculoskeletal manifestations
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Decrease health-related quality of life in pediatric leprosy patients with musculoskeletal manifestations
Introduction Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is caused by the Mycobacterium leprae. The clinical features of pediatric leprosy include several skin lesions, numbness of the skin, damage of peripheral nerves, arthralgia and arthritis. In this regard, we recently reported that musculoskeletal manifestations were associated with severe leprosy in children and adolescents, especially in pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-12-s1-p38