## Abstract Pure neural leprosy (PNL) is often difficult to diagnose when acid‐fast bacilli (AFB) cannot be detected. We undertook the present study to evaluate use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in diagnosing PNL. Fifty‐eight patients (41 men and 17 women) suspected of pure neural leprosy
Diagnostic identification of Taenia saginata with the polymerase chain reaction
✍ Scribed by B. Gottstein; P. Deplazes; I. Tanner; J.S. Skaggs
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 327 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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