Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (May 2024)

Immunohistochemical and histopathological analyses of cutaneous innervation to improve the diagnostic efficacy in hansen disease skin lesion

  • Eduardo Alves Freire da Costa,
  • Thaís Porto Amadeu,
  • Ximena Illarramendi,
  • Bernardo Pascarelli,
  • José Augusto da Costa Nery,
  • Anna Maria Sales,
  • Sérgio Luiz Gomes Antunes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1787136
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 05
pp. 001 – 010

Abstract

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Background The diagnosis of Hansen disease (HD) can be difficult when acid-fast bacilli are not detected in the patient's skin sample.

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