Comment: Sensory testing of the hands in leprosy

摘要

I have been reading the letter to the edito by Saunderon, Currie, Gabre and Byass [Lepr Rev, 1997; 68: 252-254] and comments by van Brakel and [Lepr Rev, 1997; 68: 382-383] with interest. What is missing in the letter from Saunderson et al. is a clear description of the history and clinical Findings of the 11 out of 12 patients, of which they present the results ofong-term follow-up, Had those 11 patients at diagnosis a history of recent nerve function impairment (NFI) or one of longer duration (more than 6 months)? Were there other complaints like nerve pain, numbness, paraesthesia, recent weakness?