Table 1.
Chief complaints and neurological examination at the diagnosis.
Fig 1.
Nerve conduction study (NSC)patterns of the abnormal nerves before the MDT.
Mixed: axonal and demyelinating. sNCS: sensory NCS. mNCS: motor NCS.
Table 2.
Diagnostic tests carried out for the sample of patients.
Table 3.
Operational classification of pure neural leprosy based on the number of affected nerves and the presence of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the nerve biopsy.
Fig 2.
Neurological examination performed before and after the MDT.
Exam 1: neurological examination before the MDT. Exam 2: neurological examination after the MDT.
Fig 3.
Nerve conduction studies (NCS) performed before and after the MDT.
NCS1: NCS performed before the MDT. NCS2: NCS performed after the MDT. sNCS: sensory NCS. mNCS: motor NCS.