@article{18561,
  keywords = {Adult, Base Sequence, DNA, Bacterial, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Mycobacterium leprae, Peripheral nerves, polymerase chain reaction},
  author = {Chemouilli P and Woods S and Said G and Cole S T},
  title = {Detection of Mycobacterium leprae in nerve lesions by the polymerase chain reaction.},
  abstract = {<p>A simple procedure is described for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae by the polymerase chain reaction in nerve biopsies sectioned with a cryostat and then treated with proteinase K. All samples from lepromatous leprosy patients and the majority of samples from paucibacillary cases yielded positive results. This approach may be useful for differentiating between leprosy and other inflammatory neuropathies.</p>
},
  year = {1996},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {64},
  pages = {1-5},
  month = {1996 Mar},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  url = {http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v64n1a01.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}