Selective Decrease of M. Ieprae-Specific IgG1 and IgG3 Antibodies in Leprosy Patients Associated with ENL

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Kifayet, Arnawaz ^a   Hussain, Rabia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0030035753     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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