Blood coagulation abnormalities in multibacillary leprosy patients.

Leprosy is a chronic dermato-neurological disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae infection. In 2016, more than 200,000 new cases of leprosy were detected around the world, representing the most frequent cause of infectious irreversible deformities and disabilities.In the present work, we demonstrate...

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Main Authors: Débora Santos da Silva, Lisandra Antonia Castro Teixeira, Daniela Gois Beghini, André Teixeira da Silva Ferreira, Márcia de Berredo Moreira Pinho, Patricia Sammarco Rosa, Marli Rambaldi Ribeiro, Monica Di Calafiori Freire, Mariana Andrea Hacker, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Ana Maria Freire Tovar, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Jonas Perales, Fernando Augusto Bozza, Danuza Esquenazi, Robson Queiroz Monteiro, Flavio Alves Lara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863944?pdf=render