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T regulatory cells (TREG)(TCD4+CD25+FOXP3+) distribution in the different clinical forms of leprosy and reactional states [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is characterized histologically by a spectrum of different granulomatous skin lesions, reflecting patients' immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae.
José Napoleão Tavares Parente, Carolina Talhari, Antônio Pedro Mendes Schettini, Cesare Massone   +3 more
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Genital manifestations of tropical diseases [PDF]

, 2004
Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted.
Richens, J
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Suppressor T lymphocytes from lepromatous leprosy skin lesions. [PDF]

Journal of Immunology, 1986
The immune response in leprosy forms a spectrum with lepromatous leprosy patients exhibiting specific unresponsiveness to antigens of Mycobacterium leprae.
Robert L. Modlin, V Mehra, Linda L. Wong, Yoshiaki Fujimiya, Wei-Chun Chang, David A. Horwitz, Barry R. Bloom, Thomas H. Rea, P K Pattengale   +8 more
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Endocrine dysfunction in patients of leprosy

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015
Background: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease and affects many internal organs in addition to the skin and peripheral nerves. Endocrine dysfunction is often silent and is often missed in patients of leprosy leading to significant morbidity.
Rohit Kumar Singh, Rohit Bhasin, Y S Bisht, K. V. S. Kumar   +3 more
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Leprosy in an Eight-Year-Old Child – An Exceptional Case with Unusual Oral Manifestation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Leprosy is a contagious and granulomatous disease which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The incubation period for leprosy is five to seven years and it can take as long as about 30 years before signs and symptoms of leprosy develop in some patients ...
Mayuri Jain
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Leprosy: аctual view

Лечащий Врач, 2021
The article summarizes information about the disease leprosy. Data of the literature on epidemiology of the disease, the features of the clinical picture, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of the dermatosis are presented.
A. A. Kubanov, T. V. Abramova, E. K. Murakhovskaya, V. A. Lasachko   +3 more
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T-Cell Regulation in Lepromatous Leprosy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Regulatory T (Treg) cells are known for their role in maintaining self-tolerance and balancing immune reactions in autoimmune diseases and chronic infections.
K. Bobosha, L. Wilson, K. V. van Meijgaarden, Yonas Bekele, Martha Zewdie, Jolien J. van der Ploeg- van Schip, M. Abebe, J. Hussein, S. Khadge, K. Neupane, D. Hagge, E. Jordanova, A. Aseffa, T. Ottenhoff, A. Geluk   +14 more
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Interventions for erythema nodosum leprosum [PDF]

, 2008
Background Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a serious immunological complication of leprosy, causing inflammation of skin, nerves, other organs, and general malaise.
Almeida Neto, Anonymous, Arora, Arruda, Barton, Brakel, Browne, Carsalade, Carsalade, Dawlah, Faber, Girdhar, Hastings, Hastings, Heijnders, Helmy, Higgins, Huang, Imkamp, Imkamp, Ing, Iyer, Iyer, Jamet, Job, Juni, Kahawita, Kar, Karat, Karat, Karat, Karat, Kumar, Levy, Lockwood, Lockwood, Mahajan, Manandhar, Manungo, Manungo, Moreira, Naafs, Naafs, Nery, Nery, Partida-Sanchez, Pearson, Pedly, Penna, Pettit, Plock, Pocaterra, Rafferty, Ramu, Ridley, Rodriguez, Sales, Saunderson, Sharma, Sharma, Sheskin, Sheskin, Sheskin, Sheskin, Smith, Sunderkotter, The International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP), The International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP), Uyemura, Vides, Villahermosa, Walker, Waters, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Zaheer, Zaheer   +78 more
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T-cell response to my mycobacterial antigens in lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987
We showed that a large fraction of lepromatous patients do harbor helper-type circulating T-cells that can be activated in vitro by Mycobacterium leprae. M.
Marie Anne Bach
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Oro-facial manifestations of 100 leprosy patients [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy patients. Study design: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86±6.1).
Alirezaei, Somayeh, Azari Marhabi, Saranaz, Bakhshi, Mahin, Bakhtiari, Sedigheh, Mortazavi, Hamed, Moshfeghi, Mahkameh, Taheri, Jamileh Bigom   +6 more
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