01140nas a2200289 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653000900055653002800064653002800092653002400120653002100144653001100165653001200176653000900188653001600197100001300213700001300226700002100239700002200260245004400282300001400326490000700340050001600347520047300363022001400836 2007 d c2007 Dec10aAged10aArthropathy, Neurogenic10aDiagnosis, Differential10aDisease Progression10aElectromyography10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aRostom S1 aBahiri R1 aMahfoud-Filali S1 aHajjaj-Hassouni N00aNeurogenic osteoarthropathy in leprosy. a2153-21550 v26 aROSTOM 20073 a

According to World Health Organization (WHO), the global registered prevalence of leprosy at the beginning of 2006 stood at 219,826 cases. Pockets of high endemicity still remain in some areas of Africa, India, and Brazil. One of the joint manifestations of leprosy are the signs of Charcot's disease. Charcot's disease of leprosy advanced in spite of the treatment. The different clinical types are sometimes a problem in diagnosis. We report herein two cases.

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