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Leprosy, Lepromatous

Known as: LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY, Lepromatous Leprosies, Leprosy, Lepromatous [Disease/Finding] 
A chronic communicable infection which is a principal or polar form of LEPROSY. This disorder is caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE and produces diffuse… 
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ClofazimineDapsoneDapsone 0.05 MG/MG Topical GelIn Blood

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Infiltrated lepromatous leprosyNodular lepromatous leprosyNodular leprosy

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Leprosy

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1982
1982
Imbalances in T cell subpopulations in lepromatous leprosy.
Circulating T cells, T helper, and T suppressor cells were investigated in 24 lepromatous patients, using murine hybridoma… 
1976
1976
Immunologic responses in patients with lepromatous leprosy.
Immunologic responses were measured in 46 patients with lepromatous leprosy. These patients were not distinguishable from… 
1975
1975
Immunoglobulin deposits in lepromatous leprosy skin. Presence of deposits in apparently uninvolved skin and occurrence of serum antiepithelial antibodies.
Immunoglobulin deposits were detected in ten of 13 biopsy specimens from apparently uninvolved skin of patients with lepromatous… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Elimination of Mycobacterium leprae subsequent to local in vivo activation of macrophages in lepromatous leprosy by other mycobacteria.
This investigation studied the possibility of activating lepromatous macrophages by a local `in vivo' test. Lepromatous… 
1974
1974
Antibodies against testicular germinal cells in lepromatous leprosy.
Testicular germinal cell antibodies were found in 44 of 59 patients with lepromatous leprosy and in 4 of 10 patients with… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Immunological aspects of leprosy with special reference to autoimmune diseases.
Leprosy, particularly lepromatous leprosy, is associated with a multitude of (auto) immune aberrations, and its clinical features… 
1969
1969
Diagnosis and management of ocular leprosy.
Accurate statistics of leprosy are hard to come by, but Browne (i 968, personal communication) estimated the world total to be I5… 
1968
1968
The therapeutic effect of 4,4'-diacetyldiamino-diphenylsulfone (DADDS) in leprosy.
Summary The repository sulfone 4,4′-diacetyldiaminodiphenylsulfone (DADDS) was studied for its efficacy in lepromatous leprosy… 
1966
1966
Dapsone-resistant lepromatous leprosy in England.
Since the discovery by Shepard (1960) that limited multiplication of Mycobacterium leprae occurs in the pad of the mouse foot the… 
1949
1949
Clinical study of lepromatous leprosy in Costa Rica.
Although knowledge of the symptomatology of leprosy is very complete, we believe it of interest to describe the clinical picture…