Open AccessMOSUKE MURATA, THE DESIGNATOR OF ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM
Author(s) -
Ichiro Kikuchi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
leprosy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2162-8807
pISSN - 0305-7518
DOI - 10.47276/lr.80.1.92
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , leprosy , erythema nodosum , pathology , disease
Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), one of the most frequently used terms in hansenology, was proposed by Mosuke Murata in 1912. He wrote an original paper, ‘Over erythema nodosum leprosum’ in Japanese with five photographs (Figures 1–3). It was characterised by its occurrence only in the nodular type of leprosy, a temperature elevation over 39 degrees and the appearance of polymorphs in histologic pictures. He wrote that it
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