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14-02-2022 | Polyneuropathy | Letter to the Editor

Hansen’s disease presenting as polyneuropathy: an unusual presentation

Authors: Dipti Baskar, Deepak Menon, Shilpa Rao, Pramod Kumar Pal

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 2/2023

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Title: Hansen’s disease presenting as polyneuropathy: an unusual presentation
Authors: Dipti Baskar
Deepak Menon
Shilpa Rao
Pramod Kumar Pal
Publication date: 14-02-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Polyneuropathy
Leprosy
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 2/2023
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-01887-3

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