Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W145134299> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W145134299 endingPage "33" @default.
- W145134299 startingPage "25" @default.
- W145134299 abstract "INTRODUCTION In Ethiopia, a large percentage of leprosy patients present with established nerve damage. Present techniques for measuring nerve function impairment show no abnormality until 30% of nerve axons are destroyed. Nerve damage in leprosy occurs first in small diameter unmyelinated fibres, then in small myelinated fibres, and much later in large myelinated fibres. The Thermal Threshold Tester (TTT) was used to measure function in nerves carrying heat sensation (unmyelinated C fibres) and cold sensation (thinly myelinated Adelta fibres). PATIENTS A school and community health survey, assessed 234 students and adults aged 10-75 years from Chencha Woreda, an area with low endemicity of leprosy. A group of students in Addis Ababa, exposed to leprosy, were also studied. RESULTS The upper limits of normal were: wrist hot threshold (HT): 0.17 degrees C, wrist cold threshold (CT): 0.19 degrees C, foot HT: 0.17 degrees C and foot CT: 0.20 degrees C. Both the leprosy group and also controls in Addis Ababa showed significantly increased TTT values. CONCLUSION The TTT detects nerve damage before clinical neuritis occurs and is a valuable tool for early diagnosis of leprosy or detecting clinical relapse of treated patients and for sequential and quantitative monitoring of small diameter nerve function in other neuropathies." @default.
- W145134299 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W145134299 creator A5005141455 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5007324783 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5015472105 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5024582655 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5029384453 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5038851676 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5050845854 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5054110052 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5063936255 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5064886749 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5074400463 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5074953709 @default.
- W145134299 creator A5085989383 @default.
- W145134299 date "2007-10-01" @default.
- W145134299 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W145134299 title "Thermal threshold tester, a useful tool for detection of very early nerve damage--determination of normal values in a healthy population unexposed to Mycobacterium leprae and its application in the A9 study." @default.
- W145134299 hasPubMedId "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18710071" @default.
- W145134299 hasPublicationYear "2007" @default.
- W145134299 type Work @default.
- W145134299 sameAs 145134299 @default.
- W145134299 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W145134299 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5005141455 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5007324783 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5015472105 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5024582655 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5029384453 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5038851676 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5050845854 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5054110052 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5063936255 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5064886749 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5074400463 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5074953709 @default.
- W145134299 hasAuthorship W145134299A5085989383 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C115076146 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C121332964 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C130093455 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C133913538 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C141071460 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C142724271 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C169760540 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2776028648 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2778216619 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2779110535 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2779823659 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2780695269 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2908647359 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C2989386686 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C41895202 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C71924100 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C86803240 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C97355855 @default.
- W145134299 hasConcept C99454951 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C115076146 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C121332964 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C130093455 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C133913538 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C138885662 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C141071460 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C142724271 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C169760540 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2776028648 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2778216619 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2779110535 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2779823659 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2780695269 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2908647359 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C2989386686 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C41895202 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C71924100 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C86803240 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C97355855 @default.
- W145134299 hasConceptScore W145134299C99454951 @default.
- W145134299 hasLocation W1451342991 @default.
- W145134299 hasLocation W1451342992 @default.
- W145134299 hasOpenAccess W145134299 @default.
- W145134299 hasPrimaryLocation W1451342991 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W1592841548 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W184485255 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W1988716432 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2149442404 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W231163290 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2338050451 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2371013658 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2396962396 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2412184638 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2412609729 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2414351710 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2426338332 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W2429160135 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W3003739974 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W3014234151 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W3036849333 @default.
- W145134299 hasRelatedWork W3206116862 @default.