Soluble adhesion molecules in sera of patients with leprosy: Levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) rapidly decrease during multi-drug therapy

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-68

  Rieckmann, P ^a,d   Scholze, G ^a   Weichselbraun, I ^b   Ganapati, R ^c   Prange, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Bender MedSystems   (Austria)

^c Bombay Leprosy Project   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

adhesion molecules; leprosy; sICAM 1; therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CLOFAZIMINE; CYTOKINE; DAPSONE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; L SELECTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0030035688     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-729.x     Document Type: Article

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