Histological and immunological correlates of suspected leprosy lesions

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Ramu, G ^a   Kartikeyan, S ^a   Balakrishnan, S ^a   Patil, S A ^b   Ramanathan, V D ^c   Desikan, K V ^d  

^a Sacred Heart Leprosy Centre   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^d MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NOCICEPTION; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROMIN; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PAIN THRESHOLD; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0030035842     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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