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Lucio’s phenomenon in a non-endemic region: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Leprosy remains a persistent health challenge in endemic regions with cases rising in non-endemic regions such as North America. Patients with leprosy present with a variety of symptoms including limited skin lesions in tuberculoid leprosy to extensive ...
Adam C Yu, Airiss R Chan, Eunice Y Chow
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Chronic Osteomyelitis of Wrist Joint in an Immunocompromised Host [PDF]

, 2014
Osteomyelitis is heterogenous in its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management. Osteomyelitis is generally categorized as acute or chronic based on histopathologic findings, rather than duration of the infection.
Oktavia, D. (Dina), Setyohadi, B. (Bambang), Sumaryono, S. (Sumaryono), Utari, A. P. (Amanda)   +3 more
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Ocular complications in incident relapsed borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy patients in south India.

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003
Purpose: To determine the magnitude of ocular complications that present in incident cases of relapsed borderline lepromatous (BL) and lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients.
Daniel Ebenezer, Koshy Sheena, Joseph Geetha, Rao P   +3 more
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Parasite specific energy in human filariasis; insights after analysis of parasite antigen-driven lymphokine production [PDF]

, 1987
The antigen-specific immune unresponsiveness seen in bancroftian filariasis was studied by examining lymphokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or PBMC subpopulations from 10 patients with asymptomatic microfilaremia, 13 ...
Kumaraswami, V, Nutman, T B, Ottesen, E A   +2 more
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Vasculonecrotic reactions in leprosy

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Multibacillary, lepromatous or borderline leprosy patients may present two types of vasculonecrotic reactions: Lucio phenomenon and that associated with erythema nodosum leprosum.
Letícia Fogagnolo, Elemir Macedo de Souza, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho   +3 more
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The pathophysiology of the complement system in leprosy [PDF]

, 1991
The complement system, which consists of a group of proteins and glycoproteins, generally serves to amplify the effects of the interaction of antigen with antibody.
Ramanathan, V D
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Immunohistochemical Study of Nerve Growth Factor Expression in Hansen’s Disease

Indian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology
Aim: To study the immunoexpression of nerve growth factor (NGF) in Hansen’s disease to assess the diagnostic and prognostic significance. Objective: NGF is a neurotrophin and an important growth factor for the tissue remodeling process. Higher expression
Fatma Lubna, Aijaz Abbas, Mohammad Adil, Kafil Akhtar   +3 more
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Leprosy in six isolated residents of Northern Louisiana: time-clustered cases in an essentially nonendemic area [PDF]

, 1988
Blake, Leslie A., Fowler, Marjorie E. R., King, Joth W., Lary, Cynthia H., Todd, John R., West, Burton C.   +5 more
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Expression and cytokine secretion in the states of immune reactivation in leprosy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1998
Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The human response to this pathogen exhibits intriguing aspects which are up to now not well understood.
Sampaio E.P., Sarno E.N.
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Brief communication: Unusual pathological condition in the lower extremities of a skeleton from ancient Israel [PDF]

, 2001
Donoghue, HD, Spigelman, M
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