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Abstract
A chronic communicable infection which is a principal or polar form of LEPROSY. This disorder is caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE and produces diffuse granulomatous skin lesions in the form of nodules, macules, or papules. The peripheral nerves are involved symmetrically and neural sequelae occur in the advanced stage.
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- Leprosy, Lepromatous
- Lepromatous Leprosies
- Leprosies, Lepromatous
- Leprosy, Cutaneous
- Leprosy, Nodular
- Cutaneous Leprosies
- Cutaneous Leprosy
- Leprosies, Cutaneous
- Leprosies, Nodular
- Nodular Leprosies
- Nodular Leprosy
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL): index under LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS (IM) + ERYTHEMA NODOSUM (IM)
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History Note
89; CUTANEOUS LEPROSY & NODULAR LEPROSY were see LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS 1989-91
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Previous Indexing
- Leprosy (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Lepromatous Leprosy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015440. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015440
- Lepromatous Leprosy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepromatous_leprosy
- Lepromatous Leprosy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6527832