Hietaharju A, Croft R, Alam R, Birch P, Mong A, Haanpää M
Lancet. 2000 Sep 23;356(9235):1080-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02736-7.
The existence of chronic neuropathic pain in treated leprosy has received scant attention. We describe the clinical findings of 16 patients with multibacillary leprosy who had chronic stimulus-independent pain despite finishing their treatment. With confirmation, our results could be of importance in the establishment of "care after cure" programmes for patients with leprosy.