Leprosy Specific Orofacial Aspects
| Autor: | Vathsala Naik, Raghavendra Kini, Smit Singla, Anjali Shetty |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 216-220 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0972-1363 0975-1572 |
| DOI: | 10.5005/jp-journals-10011-1131 |
| Popis: | Leprosy is a chronic infection caused by Mycobactenum leprae, GHA- Hansen first identified the organism in 1873, so called Hansen disease. Mycobacterium leprae is a bacillus that presents a peculiar tropism for the skin and peripheral nerves. The upper airway has a great importance as a route of M. Leprae infection. The clinical spectrum of leprosy ranges from the tuberculoid form (TT) to the disseminative and progressive lepromatous form (LL). Cell-mediated immunity is considered to be the crucial defence against the disease and the magnitude of this immunity defines the extent of the disease- Facial lesions in leprosy can occur in all form of the disease and also in lepra reaction, oral lesions are rare but, when present, occur in the lepromatous form |
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