Localization of Mycobacterium leprae to endothelial cells of epineurial and perineurial blood vessels and lymphatics

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1611-1620

  Scollard, David M ^a,b,c   McCormick, Gregory ^a   Allen, Joe L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0032961953     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65414-4     Document Type: Article

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