TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Blood Vessels
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Microscopy, Electron
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Nerve Fibers
KW - Peripheral nerves
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
KW - Schwann Cells
AU - Mehta L N
AU - Antia N H
AU - Lakhani R
AU - Srinivas H V
AB - <p>Ten out of sixteen cases of thickened nerves labelled as having idiopathic neuropathy showed hypertrophic changes, when their peripheral nerves were observed under light microscopy. Electron microscopy of seven nerves revealed more details. The reactions in various parameters of nerves were recorded. The significant observation was of one case harbouring Lepra bacilli as seen under electron microscope and having other changes similar to changes seen in early cases of leprosy. Two cases were also thought to have leprosy on the basis of the ultrastructural observation on their nerves. These could have been missed otherwise.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6247569?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1980 Jan
IS - 1
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Ten out of sixteen cases of thickened nerves labelled as having idiopathic neuropathy showed hypertrophic changes, when their peripheral nerves were observed under light microscopy. Electron microscopy of seven nerves revealed more details. The reactions in various parameters of nerves were recorded. The significant observation was of one case harbouring Lepra bacilli as seen under electron microscope and having other changes similar to changes seen in early cases of leprosy. Two cases were also thought to have leprosy on the basis of the ultrastructural observation on their nerves. These could have been missed otherwise.</p>
PY - 1980
SP - 65
EP - 73
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - Study of thickened nerves in a leprosy endemic region. Part II--Ultrastructural and tease fibre study.
VL - 52
SN - 0024-1024
ER -