Pathology of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: A light microscopical, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of skin lesions and draining lymph nodes

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 778-787

  Ismail, Ahmed ^a,e   Gadir, A Fattah A ^b   Theander, Thor G ^c   Kharazmi, Arsalan ^d   El Hassan, Ahmed M ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Pathology and Immunology   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FORMALDEHYDE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD3 T CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEGENERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33845583287     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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