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Type 1 lepra reaction presenting as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | May-June 2008 | Vol 74 | Issue 3 does not have any effect after 72 hrs, the steroids given early and for a short duration may help improve the prognosis. Since cyclosporine is reported to be effective in TEN by interrupting the disease progression and decreasing the time taken for complete re-epithelization, we feel that the combination of initial high dose o...
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were first recorded in India, by the present writers in Rao and Ray (1932). Since then, other workers, notable among them being Muir and Chatterjee (1932 and 1933) and Chatterjee (1933), have-attempted to study the action of Mercurochrome as well as that of one of its constituents, viz, fluorescein, in leprosy. Ryrie (1934) has further continued to study the influence of fluorescein on ' lepra ...
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In 1936 I was a joint author of an article [Rev. brasileira L eprol. 4 (1936) 129] in which it was asserted that: (a) lepra reaction is beneficial because it impedes the progress of the disease and improves the skin lesions; and (b) in such cases ocular lesions are less frequent than in those which never had reaction. In 1947 I reported [Rev. argentina Dermatosi f. 31 (1947) 506] that (a ) lepr...
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In a double blind controlled trial, 34 episodes of acute Type 2 reaction in patients with lepromatous leprosy were treated with colchicine ( 1 ' 5 mg/day x 4) and the response was compared with a similar number of episodes treated with aspirin ( 1 · 8 g/day x 4). Both drugs were found equally effective in mild degree reaction, whereas colchicine gave marginally better result in moderate degree ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition)
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1578-2190
DOI: 10.1016/s1578-2190(10)70614-4