@article{23517,
  keywords = {Skin, Muscle, Smooth, Male, Leprosy, Tuberculoid, Leprosy, lepromatous, Leprosy, Borderline, leprosy, India, Humans, Female},
  author = {Budhiraja V and Rastogi R and Khare S and Khare A and Krishna A},
  title = {Histopathological changes in the arrector pili muscle of normal appearing skin in leprosy patients.},
  abstract = {Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which affects not only the peripheral nerves and skin, but also various internal viscera through hematogenous spread, especially in lepromatous cases. Histology in its own way plays a vital role, not only in classifying the established lesion, but also in confirming the clinical diagnosis. During the latent period of subclinical involvement, the apparently normal looking skin might also be undergoing some pathological changes.},
  year = {2010},
  journal = {International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases},
  volume = {14},
  pages = {e70-2},
  month = {09/2010 },
  issn = {1878-3511},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.018},
  language = {eng},
}