01079nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653001200070653003900082100001400121700001200135700001300147700001600160700001400176700001500190245007800205856005300283300001200336490000700348520046800355022001400823       2009                            d  c2009 Sep-Oct10aHumans10aleprosy10aPeripheral Nervous System Diseases1 aChacha JJ1 aSotto M1 aPeters L1 aLourenço S1 aRivitti E1 aMelnikov P00a[Peripheral nervous system and grounds for the neural insult in leprosy].  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v84n5/v84n05a08.pdf  a495-5000 v843 a<p>The mechanism of interaction between Mycobacterium leprae and neural cells has not been elucidated so far. No satisfactory interpretation exists as to the bacterium tropism to the peripheral nervous system in particular. The present study is a review of the micro-physiology of the extracellular apparatus attached to Schwann cells, as well as on the description of morphological units probably involved in the process of the binding to the bacterial wall.</p>  a1806-4841