Serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is elevated in lepromatous leprosy patients with high bacterial indices [6]

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-131

  Lew, Wook ^a   Chang, Soo Kyoung ^b   Kwahck, Ho ^c   Tada, Yayoi ^d   Nakamura, Koichiro ^d   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Lew Institute for Biomedical Research   (South Korea)

^c LeeJiHaam's Dermatology Clinic   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CHEMOKINE CCL2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 0036638815     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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