Enhancement in the histological diagnosis of leprosy in patients with only sensory loss by demonstration of mycobacterial antigens using anti-BCG polyclonal antibodies

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-340

  Schettini, Antonio Pedro M ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Carlos De L ^b   Milagros, Ruth ^c   Schettini, Maria De Conceição A ^a   Pennini, Silmara N ^a   Rebello, Paula B ^a  

^a Fundacao Alfredo da Matta   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Fundação de Medicine Tropical do Amazonas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 0035737854     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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