Identification of the leprosy agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis in Singapore

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-172

  Han, Xiang Yang ^a   Sizer, Kurt Clement ^a   Tan, Hiok Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPROMATOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SINGAPORE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84856983801     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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