Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in the clinical forms of leprosy

International Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-482

  Freire, Beatriz F A ^a   Ferraz, Alexandre A F ^a   Nakayama, Edson ^b   Ura, Somei ^b   Queluz, Thais T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO LAURO DE SOUZA LIMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032417129     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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