01383nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001100067653001200078653001700090653002200107653001700129653000900146100001500155700001400170700001400184700001400198245014700212300001000359490000700369050003200376520069500408022001401103       1980                            d  c1980 Jan10aFingers10aHumans10aleprosy10aNerve Fibers10aNeural Conduction10aRadial Nerve10aSkin1 aShetty V P1 aMehta L N1 aIrani P F1 aAntia N H00aStudy of evolution of nerve damage in leprosy. Part II--Observations on the index branch of the radial cutaneous nerve in contacts of leprosy.  a19-250 v52  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A total of 35 contacts from 20 families of lepromatous index cases were screened clinically. All of them were subjected for nerve conduction velocity (NCV) studies of both left and right index branch of the radial cutaneous (IRC) nerve. Fifteen of these nerves were biopsied. Out of 15 IRC nerves biopsied 10 had slightly reduced average NCV values and 5 were normal. Four nerves out of 10 where average NCV was reduced and 1 nerve out of 5 where NCV was normal showed significant ultrastructural changes and higher percentage of segmental demyelination (10%--13%). There was a striking similarity between the changes seen in the IRC nerves of early cases of leprosy and of contacts.</p>  a0024-1024