title: [Peripheral nervous system and grounds for the neural insult in leprosy].
abstract: The mechanism of interaction between Mycobacterium leprae and neural cells has not been elucidated so far. No satisfactory interpretation exists as to the bacterium tropism to the peripheral nervous system in particular. The present study is a review of the micro-physiology of the extracellular apparatus attached to Schwann cells, as well as on the description of morphological units probably involved in the process of the binding to the bacterial wall.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Dermatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil. ltf@nin.ufms.br
authors.forename: Jorge João
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chacha
authors.forename: Miriam N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sotto
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: Evandro A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rivitti
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Melnikov
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*