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Tuberculoid leprosy

Known as: Tuberculoid leprosy [type T], Leprosy, Tuberculoid [Disease/Finding], Leprosy, Tuberculoid 
A principal or polar form of LEPROSY in which the skin lesions are few and are sharply demarcated. Peripheral nerve involvement is pronounced and may… 
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2008
2008
HLA and leprosy in Koreans.
HLA antigens in 157 unrelated Koreans with leprosy have been identified and compared with 162 healthy Korean controls. The… 
2004
2004
Nitrotyrosine localization to dermal nerves in borderline leprosy
Background  Nerve damage is a common and disabling feature of leprosy, with unclear aetiology. It has been reported that the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Analysis of cytokine production by Mycobacterium-reactive T cells. Failure to explain Mycobacterium leprae-specific nonresponsiveness of peripheral blood T cells from lepromatous leprosy patients.
Recent analyses of antimycobacterial T cells clones from a small number of individuals indicate that mycobacteria preferentially… 
1988
1988
Serological responses of patients with lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy to 30-, 31-, and 32-kilodalton antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sera from patients with lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy were examined in immunoblot assays for antibodies to Mycobacterium… 
1984
1984
Parasitism of antigen presenting cells in hyperbacillary leprosy.
Full thickness skin biopsies from four patients with borderline lepromatous leprosy (BL leprosy) have been examined… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
HLA and Susceptibility to Leprosy
This review examines the evidence for involvement of MHC-associated factors in host immune response to Mycobacterium leprae, by… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Immune complexes and complement hypercatabolism in patients with leprosy.
The occurrence of immune complexes in the serum and the level of the C3 breakdown product C3d in the plasma from patients with… 
1975
1975
Multiple skin testing in leprosy
SUMMARY Groups of patients with lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy and hospital staff from six leprosaria in East Africa and… 
1968
1968
Enhancing Effect of Antilymphocytic Globulin on Human Leprosy Infection in Thymectomized Mice
ADMINISTRATION of heterologous antilymphocytic serum (ALS) to mice enhances their susceptibility to experimental infection with… 
1955
1955
Mobile Transfusion Service
the excellent propaganda in preventive medicine initiated by my predecessor and the founder of the scheme, the late Dr. Harry… 
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