Evaluation of altered patterns of tactile sensation in the diagnosis and monitoring of leprosy using the Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments

• Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Fred Bernardes Filho, Natália Aparecida de Paula

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mandrey@fmrp.usp.br

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-5971

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• Fred Bernardes Filho ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Fred Bernardes Filho, Natália Aparecida de Paula

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4690-1608

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• Claudia Maria Lincoln Silva ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ CMLS and TLCAR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-6951

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• Glauber Voltan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-9837

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• Filipe Rocha Lima,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7629-4963

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• Thania Loyola Cordeiro Abi-Rached ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ CMLS and TLCAR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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• Natália Aparecida de Paula

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Fred Bernardes Filho, Natália Aparecida de Paula

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Clinical Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology, Focusing on Leprosy, of Ribeirão Preto Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-8947

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