Immunotherapy of Far-Advanced Lepromatous Leprosy Patients with Low-Dose Convit Vaccine Along with Multidrug Therapy (Calcutta Trial)

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-36

  Majumder, Vibek ^a   Mukerjee, Ashutosh ^a,c   Hajra, S K ^a   Saha, B ^a   Saha, Kunal ^b,c  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; LEPROMIN; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; LEPROSY VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDIA; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROMIN TEST; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL VACCINES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LEPROMIN; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0029679538     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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