TUNEL and limited immunophenotypic analyses of apoptosis in paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy lesions

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-269

  Walsh, Douglas S ^a   Lane, Joshua E ^b   Abalos, Rodolfo M ^c   Myint, Khin Saw Aye ^d  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Leonard Wood Memorial Center for Leprosy Research Philippines   (Philippines)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Leprosy; Multibacillary leprosy; Mycobacteria; Paucibacillary leprosy; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MONOCYTE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; NICK END LABELING; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SECTION;

APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 2942612203     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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