01294nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001000066653000900076653001400085653001000099653001100109653001100120653001200131653000900143653001600152653002500168653002300193653001400216653001600230100001300246700001200259245005100271300001200322490000700334520062500341022001400966       1987                            d  c198710aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aArgentina10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMycobacterium leprae10aPatient Compliance10aPrognosis10aSex Factors1 aArpini R1 aChapo R00a[Hansen I. Considerations on its development].  a493-5030 v153 a<p>The causes of the existence and importance of the I form are discussed, as were as its characteristics and the advantage of using the letter I to refer to this group. It is called initial because it is the way the disease first appears and due to its epidemiological value. The method used in the research carried out in the Department of Dermatology of the PIC on 444 patients with I form in the register of patients in the PIC is 16%. The average age ranged from 30 to 39 years old. Most of the patients had a positive immunology (65%) and a negative bacteriology (68%). 143 patients cured; 135 as I and 7 as T.</p>  a0210-5187