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LEPROSY

Autosomal DominantVariableOther NeuromuscularOMIM 128239
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Overview

From WUSTL Neuromuscular

Clinical features Acute Diffuse lepromatous Lepromatous Tuberculoid Borderline Neural Diagnosis Epidemiology Organism Nerve conductions Pathology, Nerve Treatment Muscle Codex Aureus Epternacensis (1020-1030 AD) Christ healing the lepers Causative organisms Types Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium lepromatosis Organism features Acid fast rod Gram positive Location: Intracellular Disease reservoirs Most common: Humans Other Armadillos: Different m. Leprae serotypw Some primates Route of transmission Most common: Nasal droplet Other: Infected soil; Dermal implantation (Tattoos) Dissemination Hem

OMIM Entries

OMIM #128239OMIM #609888OMIM #246300OMIM #607572OMIM #602544OMIM #608427OMIM #601194OMIM #613223OMIM #603028OMIM #610988OMIM #153440OMIM #613407OMIM #601769OMIM #191160OMIM #154545OMIM #600266

Related Conditions

Shared genes
TROPHIC FACTORS
CSFGM-CSF

External Resources

WUSTL Neuromuscular
Washington University Disease Center
OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
PubMed
Biomedical Literature
GeneReviews
NCBI Expert-Authored Reviews
Orphanet
Portal for Rare Diseases
NORD
National Organization for Rare Disorders

Data sourced from the Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center. For clinical use, always refer to primary sources.