01362nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653002800042653001200070653001100082100001700093700001400110700001200124700001600136700001500152700001600167245006500183856007300248300001200321490000700333520077800340022001401118       2015                            d10aPregnancy Complications10aleprosy10aBrazil1 aNogueira P S1 aMoura E R1 aDias AA1 aAmerico C F1 aAguiar L R1 aValente M M00aCharacteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v48n1/0037-8682-rsbmt-48-01-00096.pdf  a96 - 980 v483 a<p>INTRODUCTION:<br />
The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known.<br />
METHODS:<br />
This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011.<br />
RESULTS:<br />
The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the patient or infant (33.4%). In 36.3% of cases, leprosy symptoms were presented in the last trimester of pregnancy, and in 31.9% of patients were in the first trimester of lactation.<br />
CONCLUSIONS:<br />
The association between leprosy and pregnancy should be routinely investigated, particularly in endemic areas.</p>
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