title: Chronic neuropathic pain in treated leprosy.
abstract: The existence of chronic neuropathic pain in treated leprosy has received scant attention. We describe the clinical findings of 16 patients with multibacillary leprosy who had chronic stimulus-independent pain despite finishing their treatment. With confirmation, our results could be of importance in the establishment of "care after cure" programmes for patients with leprosy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hietaharju
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Croft
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haanpää
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index