@article{10206,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Female, Hand Deformities, Acquired, Humans, Independent State of Samoa, leprosy, Male, Median Nerve, Middle Aged, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Radial Nerve, Sensation, Ulnar nerve},
  author = {Brunel W and Schecter W P and Schecter G},
  title = {Hand deformity and sensory loss due to Hansen's disease in American Samoa.},
  abstract = {<p>We report the prevalence of sensory loss and hand deformity in 63 patients with Hansen's disease in American Samoa. Open ulceration, the most common deformity, was present in 41% of patients; sensory abnormalities were present in 54% and were bilateral in 65%. The presence of abnormal sensibility correlated with a high percentage of other deformities. Hand abnormalities were most prevalent in lepromatous patients and were related to a prolonged duration of disease. Nerve thickening did not appear to be a helpful clinical finding to assess the degree of sensory loss.</p>},
  year = {1988},
  journal = {The Journal of hand surgery},
  volume = {13},
  pages = {279-83},
  month = {1988 Mar},
  issn = {0363-5023},
  doi = {10.1016/s0363-5023(88)80064-9},
  language = {eng},
}