Recaídas en Hanseniasis: experiencia personal

Authors

  • José Terencio de Las Aguas Director Médico Fontilles, Espana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47878/hi.1997.v22.36450

Keywords:

Leprosy, relapses, monotherapy, multidrug therapy

Abstract

Thirty-one relapses were observed among 451 patients treated with sulphones and 15 of them were of the dimorphous form. The time elapsed between regression of lesions and the relapses range from 6 to 39 years. Only one relapsed case was observed among the patients traced with MDT/WHO regimens.

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Published

1999-11-30

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Aguas JT de L. Recaídas en Hanseniasis: experiencia personal. Hansen. Int. [Internet]. 1999 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];22(2):5-9. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36450

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