@article{3313,
  keywords = {Christianity, History, 16th Century, History, Medieval, Humans, leprosy, Religion and Medicine, Saints},
  author = {Muzur A and Skrobonja A and Rotschild V and Skrobonja A},
  title = {Saints protectors from leprosy: historical hints of suggestive therapy?},
  abstract = {<p>A short overview of several saints, venerated in Christian tradition as protectors from leprosy, is offered as an introduction to a more substantial debate on the possibility and sense of analyzing historical sources and the use of their interpretation for modern medical practice. A possible psychoneuroimmunological mechanism has been advanced to relate some of the healings of leprosy reported in historical materials.</p>},
  year = {2002},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {70},
  pages = {269-73},
  month = {2002 Dec},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  url = {http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v70n4a04.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}