TY - JOUR
KW - Neural leprosy
KW - Nerve damage
KW - leprosy
KW - Immigrant
AU - Torne K
AU - Al-Ani S
AU - Bailey M
AU - Gupta R
AU - Jester A
AU - Lockwood DN
AU - Sunderland L
AU - Wassmer E
AU - Willis T
AU - Vidyatharan R
AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Leprosy was diagnosed in an immigrant teenager with peripheral nerve enlargement and muscle wasting and treated successfully in a Western Country. <strong>Material:</strong> 15 year old girl of Afghan origin who emigrated to the UK 5 years ago presents with significant ulnar nerve palsy of her left hand which was gradually progressive over 5 months. No family history of note. Clinically she had clawing of ring and little fingers with significant intrinsic muscle wasting and thickened ulnar nerve on left side.</p>

BT - European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society.
DO - 10.1016/j.ejpn.2017.04.1223
J2 - Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol.
LA - eng
N2 - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Leprosy was diagnosed in an immigrant teenager with peripheral nerve enlargement and muscle wasting and treated successfully in a Western Country. <strong>Material:</strong> 15 year old girl of Afghan origin who emigrated to the UK 5 years ago presents with significant ulnar nerve palsy of her left hand which was gradually progressive over 5 months. No family history of note. Clinically she had clawing of ring and little fingers with significant intrinsic muscle wasting and thickened ulnar nerve on left side.</p>

PY - 2017
EP - e222
T2 - European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society.
TI - A rare case presentation of pure neural leprosy
VL - 21
SN - 10903798
ER -