01006nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001300066653001100079653001200090653001300102653001200115100001800127700001500145700001300160700001300173700002400186245006500210856004100275300001000316490000700326520039300333022001400726       1980                            d  c1980 Sep10aBiopsy10aCollagen10aHumans10aleprosy10aNeuritis10aNeurons1 aJunqueira L C1 aMontes G S1 aNeto E A1 aBarros C1 aTedsco-Marchese A J00aThe collagen of permanently damaged nerves in human leprosy.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v48n3a07.pdf  a291-70 v483 a<p>The collagen of nerve biopsies from ten leprosy patients was studied by the Picrosirius-polarization method and electron microscopy. It was observed that leprosy promotes a marked increase in nerve collagen content. Despite the changes induced by this disease, the localization of collagen types I and III in the endo-, peri-, and epineurium remains the same as in normal nerves.</p>
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