Leprosy: a problem that should not remain neglected

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Diagnosis, Neglected disease, Leprosy, Brazil

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Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Brasilia. Brasília-DF, Brasil.

Associate professor, Department of Medicine, Catholic University Medical Course, Brasília-DF, Brazil

Taciana Arruda Modesto Sugai, Sociedad Americana de Neurofisiología, y Dermatología de Brasilia-DF, Brasil

MD, Specialist in Dermatology

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2025-07-24

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dos Santos VM, Sugai TAM. Leprosy: a problem that should not remain neglected . Rev Cuba Med Tropical [Internet]. 2025 Jul. 24 [cited 2025 Aug. 5];77(1). Available from: https://revmedtropical.sld.cu/index.php/medtropical/article/view/1129

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