TY - JOUR KW - Herpes Zoster KW - Humans KW - Leprosy, Borderline KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Peripheral nerves AU - Jain R AU - Dogra S AU - Kaur I AU - Kumar B AB -

Nerve involvement is common to the pathogenesis of both leprosy and herpes zoster. We report two cases of borderline leprosy in which the skin lesions characteristically spared the healed zoster scar. Possible mechanisms and relationship are discussed.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15267196?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 2003 Jul-Sep IS - 3 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

Nerve involvement is common to the pathogenesis of both leprosy and herpes zoster. We report two cases of borderline leprosy in which the skin lesions characteristically spared the healed zoster scar. Possible mechanisms and relationship are discussed.

PY - 2003 SP - 263 EP - 4 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Leprosy and herpes zoster; an association or dissociation? VL - 75 SN - 0254-9395 ER -