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Leprosy
Known as:
Hansen Disease
, Disease, Hansen's
, Hansens Disease
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A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the…
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Broader (2)
Actinomycetales Infections
Mycobacterium Infections
Bacterial Infections
In Blood
Leprostatic Agents
Microbiological
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Narrower (5)
Borderline leprosy
Indeterminate leprosy
Leprosy, Lepromatous
Nodular leprosy
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2008
2008
HL-A antigens and susceptibility to diseases. II. Leprosy.
E. Thorsby
,
T. Godal
,
B. Myrvang
Tissue Antigens
2008
Corpus ID: 5361245
Thirty-nine leprosy patients (20 tuberculoid and 19 lepromatous) have been HL–A typed and compared to 36 non-leprosy individuals…
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2002
2002
The antiquity of leprosy in Britain : the skeletal evidence.
C. Roberts
2002
Corpus ID: 160484729
Leprosy has hIId • long history in Britain and ycC most of the evidence comprises historical documentation and ioooographic…
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1976
1976
Immunologic responses in patients with lepromatous leprosy.
Thomas H. Rea
,
Francisco P. Quismorio
,
+4 authors
G. Friou
Archives of Dermatology
1976
Corpus ID: 33321469
Immunologic responses were measured in 46 patients with lepromatous leprosy. These patients were not distinguishable from…
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Presence of C1q-reactive immune complexes in patients with leprosy.
O. Rojas-Espinosa
,
I. Mendez-Navarrete
,
S. Estrada-Parra
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
1972
Corpus ID: 10049449
Presence of soluble immune complexes was investigated in sera from persons with a well documented clinical diagnosis of leprosy…
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1971
1971
Phytohaemagglutinin-induced lymphocyte transformation in leprosy.
D. Nelson
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M. Nelson
,
J. M. Thurston
,
M. Waters
,
J. Pearson
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
1971
Corpus ID: 28498717
Blood lymphocytes from Malay, Indian and Chinese patients with leprosy, and from race-matched controls, were cultured in the…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Immunologic reactivity in patients with leprosy.
John N. Sheagren
,
Jerome B. Block
,
John R. Trautman
,
Sheldon M. Wolff
Annals of Internal Medicine
1969
Corpus ID: 37609554
Abstract Alterations in some aspects of immunologic reactivity in a group of patients with leprosy were found primarily in…
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Review
1969
Review
1969
Immunological aspects of leprosy with special reference to autoimmune diseases.
O. Wager
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1969
Corpus ID: 25856977
Leprosy, particularly lepromatous leprosy, is associated with a multitude of (auto) immune aberrations, and its clinical features…
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Review
1966
Review
1966
An epidemiologist's view of leprosy.
K. Newell
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1966
Corpus ID: 24812574
While leprosy has been studied exhaustively by leprologists, it is only recently that persons in other disciplines have given…
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Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Enhanced Susceptibility of Thymectomized and Irradiated Mice to Infection with Mycobacterium leprae
R. Rees
Nature
1966
Corpus ID: 4173151
SINCE 1960 it has been established beyond doubt that a limited infection with the human leprosy bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae…
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1956
1956
Secondary amyloidosis in leprosy.
J. S. Shuttleworth
,
H. Ross
Annals of Internal Medicine
1956
Corpus ID: 2177622
Excerpt In the National Leprosarium of the United States the leading cause of death in leprosy is secondary amyloidosis. The…
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