Experience and lessons from the use of lepromin and Mycobacterium leprae-specific serology

Leprosy Review

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Sengupta, U ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROMIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0034494385     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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