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The extent of leprosy-related disabilities in Istanbul Leprosy Hospital, Turkey

, 1997
This study was carried out between January and December 1992 at the Istanbul Leprosy Hospital. Seven hundred and eleven leprosy patients were evaluated according to their age, gender and type of disease and disability according to the WHO disability ...
Kultur, A, Karacorlu, M, Egit, AS, Cagri, G, Cakiner, T, Yuksel, A   +5 more
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IgG subclass antibodies to Mycobacterial sonicate and recombinant antigens in leprosy

, 1995
In this study the IgG subclass antibodies to sonicated preparations of Mycobacterium leprae (leprosin A) and BCG (BCG-S) as well as to purified recombinant 65 kDa protein of M.
Ramu, G., Shankernarayan, N. P., Sheela, R., Muthukkaruppan, V. R.   +3 more
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Perfil de alguns parâmetros imunológicos após o término da poliquimioterapia para hanseníase [PDF]

, 2000
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde.Análise da Resposta Imune Humoral e Celular em 25 pessoas que terminaram a poliquimioterapia (PQT) para hanseníase, classificadas como multibacilares(MB) e 7 ...
Luiz, Magali Chaves
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Histoid leprosy in a 12-year-old child: A rare presentation

Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2016
Histoid leprosy is a clinical variant of nodular form of lepromatous leprosy. De novo histoid leprosy in children is a rare clinical presentation. We hereby report a case of a 12-year-old child presenting with lesions of histoid leprosy.
Sandeep Anilrao Kulkarni, Namrata Chhabra, Neel Prabha   +2 more
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Extramedullary myeloid leukemia mimicking lepromatous leprosy

, 2008
Granulocytic sarcoma is an extramedullary localized tumoral lesion of myeloid precursors, It is composed of immature cells of the granulocytic series known to occur in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic myelogenous leukemia or acute ...
Aydogdu, Ismet, Sevinc, Alper
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Lepromatous leprosy and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection associated with phenomenon of Lucio versus immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Infectio
: Diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL) is a severe clinical outcome of lepromatous leprosy (LL). The aetiologic cause is believed to be different from Mycobacterium leprae.
Héctor Alejandro Serrano-Coll, Juan Camilo Beltrán-Alzate, Sonia Milena Buitrago, Nora Cardona-Castro   +3 more
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Immunohistochemical characterization of the M4 macrophage population in leprosy skin lesions

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Since macrophages are one of the major cell types involved in the Mycobacterium leprae immune response, roles of the M1 and M2 macrophage subpopulations have been well defined. However, the role of M4 macrophages in leprosy or other infectious
Jorge Rodrigues de Sousa, Francisco Dias Lucena Neto, Mirian Nacagami Sotto, Juarez Antonio Simões Quaresma   +3 more
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Human beta-defensin 3 is up-regulated in cutaneous leprosy type 1 reactions. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Leprosy, a chronic granulomatous disease affecting the skin and nerves, is caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae). The type of leprosy developed depends upon the host immune response.
Chrissy H Roberts, Walker Stephen L., Deanna A Hagge, Anna L Cogen, Diana N J Lockwood, Deanna A. Hagge, Stephen L. Walker, Anna L. Cogen, Kapil D. Neupane, Neupane, Kapil D, Diana N. J. Lockwood, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Neupane Kapil D., Khadge, Saraswoti, Walker, Stephen L, Kapil D Neupane, Hagge, Deanna A, Cogen Anna L., Saraswoti Khadge, Stephen L Walker, Roberts Chrissy H., Lockwood Diana N. J., Hagge Deanna A., Khadge Saraswoti, Roberts, Chrissy H, Cogen, Anna L, Chrissy H. Roberts   +26 more
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Erythema Nodosum Leprosum in a Patient with Borderline Lepromatous Leprosy: A Case Report

Infectious Disease Reports
Background: Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, presents on a spectrum ranging from tuberculoid to lepromatous disease. Borderline lepromatous leprosy represents an unstable immunological state that predisposes patients to immune-mediated reactions,
Guido Chiriboga, Qianyu Guo, Eric Zuberi, Harry Ross Powers, Libardo Rueda Prada   +4 more
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Quality of life in lepromatous leprosy patients

, 2014
Background and Design: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae bacillus affecting the skin and peripheral nervous system. Leprosy can lead to severe deformities depending on the extent of the disease.
Halisdemir, Nurhan, Ucak, Haydar, Demir, Betul, Guler, Kubilay, Dertlioglu, Selma Bakar, Cicek, Demet, Demir, Sukru   +6 more
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