01429nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653002800070653001200098653001600110653000900126653001300135653001700148100002200165700001400187700001400201245010100215300001000316490000700326050003200333520079600365022001401161 1986 d c1986 Jul-Sep10aHumans10aInjections, Intradermal10aleprosy10aPilocarpine10aSkin10aSweating10aTime Factors1 aChattopadhyay S P1 aBhate R D1 aGupta C M00aClinico-histopathological evaluation of modified pilocarpine test in early diagnosis of leprosy. a415-90 v58 aInfolep Library - available3 a
Modified pilocarpine test was done in 112 patients of which 89 cases were under investigation (Group I) and 23 cases were confirmed tuberculoid leprosy cases (Group II). In group I, 70 cases (78.6%) showed deficient sweating of varying degree and 36 cases (40.4%) showed definite histopathological changes of paucibacillary leprosy in skin. 22 cases (95.6%) in Group II showed deficient sweating. 24 cases under investigation who had deficient sweating but did not show definite histopathological changes of leprosy initially were followed up for one year and at the end of one year 10 cases (41.6%) showed confirmatory changes of leprosy on histopathological examination. The modified pilocarpine test has been found to be a simple and very useful test in early diagnosis of leprosy.
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