Lymphatics in leprosy: Relationship to elastic fibres and observations following intra-lesional injections of colloidal carbon

Leprosy Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-63

  Ryan, T J ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Mortimer, P S ^a   Singh, G ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON COLLOID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA;

CARBON; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEPROSY; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 0036201226     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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