01311nas a2200325 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653002100080653002000101653001000121653002100131653001200152653001100164653001200175653000900187653000900196653001600205653001500221653001700236100001400253700001700267245014200284856004100426300000900467490000700476520048800483022001400971 1988 d c1988 Mar10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAlveolar Process10aBone Resorption10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aClimate10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMali10aMiddle Aged10aNasal Bone10aNasal Septum1 aMarks S C1 aGrossetete G00aFacies leprosa: resorption of maxillary anterior alveolar bone and the anterior nasal spine in patients with lepromatous leprosy in Mali. uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v56n1a03.pdf a21-60 v563 a

Resorption of the anterior nasal spine and alveolar bone in the anterior maxilla was measured in 39 patients with lepromatous leprosy in Mali. Bone resorption occurred in both of these sites, but resorption in one did not predict resorption in the other. These data are interpreted to mean that resorptions of bone anterior (nasal spine) or inferior (alveolar bone) to bacillary populations in the nasal mucosa of patients with lepromatous disease in Mali occur independently.

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