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December 16, 2024
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Preferred Name | Leprosy, Paucibacillary | |
Synonyms |
paucibacillary leprosy |
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Definitions |
A form of LEPROSY classified by the World Health Organization for the purpose of treatment, based on clinical manifestations and skin smear results. Patients with paucibacillary leprosy have fewer than six skin lesions with no causative agent MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE on any slit-skin smear testing. Paucibacillary leprosy encompasses indeterminate, borderline tuberculoid, and tuberculoid leprosy. |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1001358 |
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database_cross_reference |
SNOMEDCT:416483009 MeSH:D056005
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definition |
A form of LEPROSY classified by the World Health Organization for the purpose of treatment, based on clinical manifestations and skin smear results. Patients with paucibacillary leprosy have fewer than six skin lesions with no causative agent MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE on any slit-skin smear testing. Paucibacillary leprosy encompasses indeterminate, borderline tuberculoid, and tuberculoid leprosy.
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has_exact_synonym |
paucibacillary leprosy
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label |
Leprosy, Paucibacillary
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preferred label |
Leprosy, Paucibacillary
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prefixIRI |
efo:EFO_1001358
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prefLabel |
Leprosy, Paucibacillary
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term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai
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