Levels of IgG subclasses in active and inactive cases in the disease spectrum of leprosy

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-66

  Beuria, M K ^a   Parkash, Om ^a   Joshi, B ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a   Katoch, K ^a   Sengupta, U ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Erythema nodosum leptosum; IgG subclasses; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SONICATION;

EID: 0031964580     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023831     Document Type: Article

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