title: Evolution of early lesions in leprosy.
abstract: We observed 29 patients presenting with vague peripheral neurological symptoms for 6 months or more. During this period, 16 developed clinical leprosy, 3 developed borderline tuberculoid leprosy and the other 13 developed neuritic leprosy. Of these 13 cases 11 subsequently developed skin lesions similar to those seen in indeterminate and in borderline tuberculoid leprosy. Based on the above observations, an attempt has been made to explain the evolution of early lesions of leprosy.
authors.affiliation: Bhopal Gas Disaster Research Center (ICMR), Gandhi Medical College Campus, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Girdhar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Malaviya
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Girdhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis