Age Is an Important Risk Factor for Onset and Sequelae of Reversal Reactions in Vietnamese Patients with Leprosy | Zendy

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Age Is an Important Risk Factor for Onset and Sequelae of Reversal Reactions in Vietnamese Patients with Leprosy

Author(s) -

Brigitte Ranque,

Van Thuc Nguyen,

Hong Thai Vu,

Thu Huong Nguyen,

Ngoc Ba Nguyen,

Xuan Khoa Pham,

Erwin Schurr,

Laurent Abel,

Alexandre Alcaïs

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/509923

Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , odds ratio , risk factor , confidence interval , multivariate analysis , surgery , pediatrics , dermatology

Reversal, or type 1, leprosy reactions (T1Rs) are acute immune episodes that occur in skin and/or nerves and are the leading cause of neurological impairment in patients with leprosy. T1Rs occur mainly in patients with borderline or multibacillary leprosy, but little is known about additional risk factors.

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