| Literature DB >> 17541499 |
Samira Rostom1, Rachid Bahiri2, Sawssan Mahfoud-Filali2, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni2.
Abstract
According to World Health Organization (WHO), the global registered prevalence of leprosy at the beginning of 2006 stood at 219,826 cases. Pockets of high endemicity still remain in some areas of Africa, India, and Brazil. One of the joint manifestations of leprosy are the signs of Charcot's disease. Charcot's disease of leprosy advanced in spite of the treatment. The different clinical types are sometimes a problem in diagnosis. We report herein two cases.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17541499 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0629-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Rheumatol ISSN: 0770-3198 Impact factor: 2.980