TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Antibodies, Antinuclear
KW - Blood Proteins
KW - Blood Sedimentation
KW - Child
KW - Erythema Nodosum
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Rheumatic Diseases
KW - Rheumatoid Factor
AU - Chavez-Legaspi M
AU - Gomez-Vazquez A
AU - García-De La Torre I
AB - <p>We investigated the rheumatic and laboratory features associated with rheumatic syndromes in 32 patients with lepromatous leprosy. Twenty-seven (84%) developed a broad range of rheumatic manifestations, the most common being the presence of arthritis which was symmetric and polyarticular, resembling rheumatoid arthritis. The laboratory abnormalities included an elevated sedimentation rate in 32 cases (100%), a positive rheumatoid factor in 6 (18.7%), and antinuclear antibodies in one (3.1%). A careful history and the recognition of rheumatic manifestations will help in the identification of this type of leprosy.</p>
BT - The Journal of rheumatology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3877167?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1985 Aug
IS - 4
J2 - J. Rheumatol.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>We investigated the rheumatic and laboratory features associated with rheumatic syndromes in 32 patients with lepromatous leprosy. Twenty-seven (84%) developed a broad range of rheumatic manifestations, the most common being the presence of arthritis which was symmetric and polyarticular, resembling rheumatoid arthritis. The laboratory abnormalities included an elevated sedimentation rate in 32 cases (100%), a positive rheumatoid factor in 6 (18.7%), and antinuclear antibodies in one (3.1%). A careful history and the recognition of rheumatic manifestations will help in the identification of this type of leprosy.</p>
PY - 1985
SP - 738
EP - 41
T2 - The Journal of rheumatology
TI - Study of rheumatic manifestations and serologic abnormalities in patients with lepromatous leprosy.
VL - 12
SN - 0315-162X
ER -