Mechanisms Involved in Peripheral Nerve Damage in Leprosy with Special Reference to Insights Obtained from In Vitro Studies and the Experimental Mouse Model

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Birdi, Tannaz J ^a   Antia, Noshir H ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 1242338938     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2003)071<0345:MIIPND>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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