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Comparing the clinical and histological diagnosis of leprosy and leprosy reactions in the INFIR cohort of Indian patients with multibacillary leprosy by Lockwood, Diana N J, Nicholls, Peter, Smith, W Cairns S, Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, van Brakel, Wim, Suneetha, Sujai

“…The ILEP Nerve Function Impairment in Reaction (INFIR) is a cohort study designed to identify predictors of reactions and nerve function impairment in leprosy…”
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Early diagnosis of neuropathy in leprosy--comparing diagnostic tests in a large prospective study (the INFIR cohort study) by van Brakel, Wim H, Nicholls, Peter G, Wilder-Smith, Einar P, Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, Lockwood, Diana N J

“…Leprosy is the most frequent treatable neuromuscular disease. Yet, every year, thousands of patients develop permanent peripheral nerve damage as a result of…”
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Drug resistance patterns in Mycobacterium leprae isolates from relapsed leprosy patients attending The Leprosy Mission (TLM) Hospitals in India by Lavania, Mallika, Jadhav, Rupendra S, Chaitanya, Vedithi Sundeep, Turankar, Ravindra, Selvasekhar, Abraham, Das, Loretta, Darlong, Famkima, Hambroom, Ujjwal K, Kumar, Sandip, Sengupta, Utpal

“…Implementation of multidrug therapy (MDT) in leprosy control programmes has significantly reduced the global prevalence of the disease in the last two decades…”
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Predicting neuropathy and reactions in leprosy at diagnosis and before incident events-results from the INFIR cohort study by Smith, W Cairns S, Nicholls, Peter G, Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, Suneetha, Sujai, Suneetha, Lavanya, Jadhav, Rupendra, Sundar Rao, P S S, Wilder-Smith, Einar P, Lockwood, Diana N J, van Brakel, Wim H

“…Leprosy is a disease of skin and peripheral nerves. The process of nerve injury occurs gradually through the course of the disease as well as acutely in…”
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Authors’ reply by Singh, Itu, Ahuja, Madhvi, Lavania, Mallika, Pathak, Vinay K., Turankar, Ravindra P., Singh, Vikram, Sengupta, Utpal, Das, Loretta, Kumar, Archana, Saini, Geeta B.

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Efficacy of fixed duration multidrug therapy for the treatment of multibacillary leprosy: A prospective observational study from Northern India by Singh, Itu, Ahuja, Madhvi, Lavania, Mallika, Pathak, Vinay K, Turankar, Ravindra P, Singh, Vikram, Sengupta, Utpal, Das, Loretta, Kumar, Archana, Saini, Geeta B

“…In endemic regions of several countries, the prevalence of leprosy has not come down to the level of elimination. On the contrary, new cases are being detected…”
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Clinical and histopathological profile of a patient with localized lepromatous leprosy by Jose, Jacquline, Das, Loretta, Singh, P.A, Marshala, Ruby

“…Lepromatous leprosy is a polar form of the disease characterized by very low to absent cell mediated immunity, resulting in unrestricted multiplication of the…”
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Authors' reply by Singh, Itu, Ahuja, Madhvi, Lavania, Mallika, Pathak, Vinay K, Turankar, Ravindra P, Singh, Vikram, Sengupta, Utpal, Das, Loretta, Kumar, Archana, Saini, Geeta B

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Molecular detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae from Indian leprosy patients by Lavania, Mallika, Singh, Itu, Turankar, Ravindra P., Ahuja, Madhvi, Pathak, Vinay, Sengupta, Utpal, Das, Loretta, Kumar, Archana, Darlong, Joydeepa, Nathan, Rajeev, Maseey, Asha

“…•Detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae from relapse leprosy patients from endemic regions in India.•Resistance profiles of strains to…”
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Paucibacillary Leprosy: Reappraisal using Ziehl-Neelsen staining of slit skin smears and 16S rRNA Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction of nasal swabs by Turankar, Ravindra P., Lavania, Mallika, Singh, Itu, Singh, Vikram, Ahuja, Madhvi, Pathak, Vinay Kumar, Jakhmola, Prashant, Das, Loretta, Darlong, Joydeepa, Hembrom, Ujjwal, Ramesh, V., Khanna, Neena, John, Annamma S., Sengupta, Utpal

“…Background: Leprosy is diagnosed by cardinal signs. Classification of paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) leprosy is based on the number of skin…”
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THE INCIDENCE OF ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM IN INDIA: A RETROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP OF THE INFIR COHORT by Walker, Stephen L., Lebas, Eglantine, Das, Premal, Maximus, Neeta, Das, Loretta, Maximus, Timothy, Barkataki, Pramila, Van Brakel, Wim H., Nicholls, Peter G., Lockwood, Diana N.J.

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Assessoria para inclusão de práticas sustentáveis em eventos da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro by Neves, Loretta Aparecida Leme das, Coêlho, Bruna Lopes

“…Devido à quantidade significativa de eventos que são realizados em universidades, como semanas acadêmicas, simpósios e congressos, aliados à grande geração de…”
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Serological responses to prednisolone treatment in leprosy reactions: study of TNF-[alpha], antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-1, lipoarabinomanan, ceramide and S100-B by Raju, Renuka, Suneetha, Sujai, Jadhav, Rupendra S, Chaduvula, MeherVani, Atkinson, Sara, Jain, Suman, Visser, Leo H, Das, Loretta, Panhalkar, Ravindra, Shinde, Vidyagouri, Reddy, Parphananda P, Barkataki, Pramila, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Van Brakel, Wim H, Suneetha, Lavanya M

“…Background Corticosteroids have been extensively used in the treatment of immunological reactions and neuritis in leprosy. The present study evaluates the…”
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Serological responses to prednisolone treatment in leprosy reactions: study of TNF-α, antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-1, lipoarabinomanan, ceramide and S100-B by Raju, Renuka, Suneetha, Sujai, Jadhav, Rupendra S, Chaduvula, MeherVani, Atkinson, Sara, Jain, Suman, Visser, Leo H, Das, Loretta, Panhalkar, Ravindra, Shinde, Vidyagouri, Reddy, Parphananda P, Barkataki, Pramila, Lockwood, Diana Nj, Van Brakel, Wim H, Suneetha, Lavanya M

“…Corticosteroids have been extensively used in the treatment of immunological reactions and neuritis in leprosy. The present study evaluates the serological…”
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The infir cohort study : investigating prediction, detection and pathogenesis of neuropathy and reactions in leprosy. Methods and baseline results of a cohort of multibacillary leprosy patients in North India by VAN BRAKEL, Wim H, NICHOLLS, Peter G, DAS, Loretta, BARKATAKI, Pramila, SUNEETHA, Sujai K, JADHAV, Rupendra S, MADDALI, Pranava, LOCKWOOD, Diana N. J, WILDER-SMITH, Einar, DESIKAN, K. V

“…The aim of this study was to find predictors of neuropathy and reactions, determine the most sensitive methods for detecting peripheral neuropathy, study the…”
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The INFIR Cohort Study: assessment of sensory and motor neuropathy in leprosy at baseline by Van Brakel, Wim H, Nicholls, Peter G, Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, Maddali, Pranava, Lockwood, Diana N J, Wilder-Smith, Einar

“…To compare different method(s) to detect peripheral neuropathy in leprosy and to study the validity of the monofilament test (MF) and the voluntary muscle test…”
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Voluntary muscle testing and dynamometry in diagnosis of motor impairment in leprosy : a comparative study within the INFIR Cohort Study by SURESH, M, NICHOLLS, Peter G, DAS, Loretta, VAN BRAKEL, Wim H

“…To evaluate hand muscle weakness detected through dynamometry as an indicator for change in motor nerve function detected by Voluntary Muscle Testing (VMT) of…”
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Predicting Neuropathy and Reactions in Leprosy at Diagnosis and Before Incident EventsaResults from the INFIR Cohort Study by Smith, WCairns S, Nicholls, Peter G, Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, Suneetha, Sujai, Suneetha, Lavanya, Jadhav, Rupendra, Sundar Rao, PSS, Wilder-Smith, Einar P, Lockwood, Diana NJ, van Brakel, Wim H, Richardus, Jan Hendrik

“…Background Leprosy is a disease of skin and peripheral nerves. The process of nerve injury occurs gradually through the course of the disease as well as…”
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The INFIR cohort study : assessment of sensory and motor neuropathy in leprosy at baseline: Operational research by VAN BRAKEL, Wim H, NICHOLLS, Peter G, DAS, Loretta, BARKATAKI, Pramila, MADDALI, Pranava, LOCKWOOD, Diana N. J, WILDER-SMITH, Einar

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