01016nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001800042653002600060653002600086653002800112653001100140653001100151653001200162653003400174653001600208653001500224100001400239700001200253700001700265700001400282700001100296245005000307300001200357490000700369520036200376       1979                            d  c1979 Dec 8-1510aArthritis, Infectious10aArthritis, Rheumatoid10aDiagnosis, Differential10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aLupus Erythematosus, Systemic10aMiddle Aged10aRecurrence1 aKuntz J L1 aMeyer R1 aVautravers P1 aKieffer D1 aAsch L00a[Polyarthritis in leprosy (author's transl)].  a1889-920 v553 a<p>Inflammatory rhumatisms simulating rheumatoid arthritis belong to the manifestations of the reactions of leprosy. Pathology of these arthritis variate with the type of reaction. In the present observations, it must probably be the transition from a tuberculoid leprosy to a lepromatosis form in which the immunological state looks like the lupus one.</p>