AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL, CLINICAL AND ELECTRONEUROMYOGRAPHIC CORRELATIVE STUDY OF THE NEURAL MARKERS IN THE NEURITIC FORM OF LEPROSY

An immunohistochemical, clinical and electroneuromyographic correlative study of the neural markers in the neuritic form of leprosy

The nerve biopsies of 11 patients with pure neuritic leprosy were submitted to routine diagnostic procedures and immunoperoxidase staining with antibodies against axonal (neurofilament, nerve growth factor receptor (NGFr), and protein gene product (PGP) 9.5) and Schwann cell (myelin basic protein, S-100 protein, and NGFr) markers.Two pairs of non-a

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Contributed Reports of Widely Felt Earthquakes in California, United States: If They Felt it, Did They Report it?

In a recent study, Hough and Martin (2021) considered the extent to which socioeconomic factors influence the numbers and distribution of contributed reports available to characterize the effects of both historical and recent large earthquakes.In this study I explore the question further, focusing on analysis of widely felt earthquakes near major p

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