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Lepromatous leprosy in an HIV‐positive patient in Spain

Jc Moreno‐Giménez, Francisco Miguel González Valverde, Ríos Jj, C Logroño, F Lopez Rubio

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2000 · 10 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

We report a 35-year-old HIV-positive male affected by lepromatous leprosy which, to our knowledge, is the first case of its kind in Spain. The relationship between the two conditions is discussed.

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