TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Australia
KW - Calcinosis
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Oceanic Ancestry Group
KW - Peripheral nerves
KW - Radiography
AU - Bateson E M
AU - Hargrave J C
AB - <p>Three cases of nerve calcification caused by leprosy (Hansen's disease) in Aboriginal patients from the Northern Territory of Australia are reported. This is a rare manifestation of the disease and is the result of direct involvement of peripheral nerves with abscess formation and is usually seen in tuberculoid or borderline types of leprosy.</p>
BT - The Medical journal of Australia
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/522806?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1979 Nov 03
IS - 9
J2 - Med. J. Aust.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Three cases of nerve calcification caused by leprosy (Hansen's disease) in Aboriginal patients from the Northern Territory of Australia are reported. This is a rare manifestation of the disease and is the result of direct involvement of peripheral nerves with abscess formation and is usually seen in tuberculoid or borderline types of leprosy.</p>
PY - 1979
SP - 497
EP - 9
T2 - The Medical journal of Australia
TI - Nerve calcification caused by leprosy in northern territory aboriginals.
VL - 2
SN - 0025-729X
ER -