01481nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001800065653001100083653001100094653001000105653001200115653000900127653002500136653001600161653001700177653002200194653003900216653001800255100001400273700001400287700001400301700001700315245010700332300001000439490000700449050003200456520064100488022001401129       1980                            d  c1980 Jan10aAdult10aBlood Vessels10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aMicroscopy, Electron10aMiddle Aged10aNerve Fibers10aPeripheral nerves10aPeripheral Nervous System Diseases10aSchwann Cells1 aMehta L N1 aAntia N H1 aLakhani R1 aSrinivas H V00aStudy of thickened nerves in a leprosy endemic region. Part II--Ultrastructural and tease fibre study.  a65-730 v52  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Ten out of sixteen cases of thickened nerves labelled as having idiopathic neuropathy showed hypertrophic changes, when their peripheral nerves were observed under light microscopy. Electron microscopy of seven nerves revealed more details. The reactions in various parameters of nerves were recorded. The significant observation was of one case harbouring Lepra bacilli as seen under electron microscope and having other changes similar to changes seen in early cases of leprosy. Two cases were also thought to have leprosy on the basis of the ultrastructural observation on their nerves. These could have been missed otherwise.</p>  a0024-1024