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[Facial bone changes in Virchowian Hansen's disease]
1Departamento de Estomatologia Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru da USP, Hospital de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Lesões Lábio-palatais, Brasil.
Hansenologia Internationalis
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
Aiming to verify the occurrence of alterations in certain skeletal structures in lepromatous face, 70 patients from the "Hospital Lauro de Souza Lima", were clinically and radiographically analysed through a longitudinal study with a 3 years interval: their average age was of 45.41 years and 48.41 years respectively for the first and second examinations.