title: [Facial bone changes in Virchowian Hansen's disease].
abstract: Aiming to verify the occurrence of alterations in certain skeletal structures in lepromatous face, 70 patients from the "Hospital Lauro de Souza Lima", were clinically and radiographically analysed through a longitudinal study with a 3 years interval: their average age was of 45.41 years and 48.41 years respectively for the first and second examinations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estomatologia Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru da USP, Hospital de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Lesões Lábio-palatais, Brasil.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000473:pathology*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Alterações ósseas da face na hanseníase viŕchowiana.