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| Year : 2019 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 1 | Page : 72-74 |
Dose-dependent thalidomide induced bradycardia in young erythema nodosum leprosum patient
Pugazhenthan Thangaraju1, Sajitha Venkatesan2, Elavarasan Sivashanmugam2, MK Showkath Ali3
1 Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
2 Department of Clinical Division, Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India
3 Advisor, National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Calicut, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pugazhenthan Thangaraju
Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhatisgarh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijp.IJP_48_18
The distressing consequences of immunology in leprosy is the lepra reaction. Erythema nodosum leprosum(ENL) in special cases need to be managed with capsule thalidomide in varying doses.We report such a case of bradycardia in thalidomide dose dependent manner in a young ENL male.
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