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Leprosy

Known as: Hansen Disease, Disease, Hansen's, Hansens Disease 
A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Actinomycetales InfectionsMycobacterium Infections
Bacterial InfectionsIn BloodLeprostatic AgentsMicrobiological

Narrower (5)

Borderline leprosyIndeterminate leprosyLeprosy, LepromatousNodular leprosy

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Telemedicine — The Way Ahead for Medicine in the Developing World
An e-mail link with the facility to send high-resolution digital images is a cheap and uncomplicated telemedicine method. The… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Type 1 reaction, neuritis and disability in leprosy. What is the current epidemiological situation?
Type 1 reaction is one of the major causes of nerve damage in leprosy patients leading to disabilities of varying severity… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Defining protective responses to pathogens: cytokine profiles in leprosy lesions.
The immunological mechanisms required to engender resistance have been defined in few infectious diseases of man, and the role of… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The role monokines in granuloma formation in mice: The ability of interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor-α to induce lung granulomas
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Genetically restricted suppressor T-cell clones derived from lepromatous leprosy lesions
Leprosy is a spectral disease in which immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae correlate with the clinical, bacteriological and… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Forces under the foot.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Defective gamma interferon production in leprosy. Reversal with antigen and interleukin 2
Antigen and mitogen-induced gamma interferon (gamma-IFN) production was studied in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 34… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in leprosy and coccidioidomycosis.
Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme levels were found to be elevated in 71.4% of 42 leprosy patients, both treated and untreated… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Leprosy in Theory and Practice
Leprosy in Theory and Practice. Edited by R. G. Cochrane, M.D., Ch.B. (Glas.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.T.M. and H.; with a foreword… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Exchange of water between blood and tissues; characteristics of deuterium oxidases equilibration in body water.
N UMEROUS studies concerned with estimates of transcapillary rates of exchange of water and ions based on ‘isotopic arterial… 
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