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Analysis of clinical data and T helper 1/T helper 2 responses in patients with different clinical forms of leprosy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: Currently, there are no laboratory tests or sensitive and specific molecular markers for the early diagnosis of leprosy. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with leprosy and investigate their ...
Ricardo Wilson de Pinho Rodrigues, Afonso Bezerra Ribeiro, Gilcele de Campos Martin Berber, LeeYun Sheng, Amilcar Sabino Damazo   +4 more
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Tumor necrosis factor promoter polymorphism and susceptibility to lepromatous leprosy.

, 1997
Genetically determined differences in immune responses to environmental agents may underlie susceptibility to many autoimmune and infectious diseases. Leprosy provides an example of a polarity in the type of immune response made to an infectious agent ...
Hazra, SK, Roy, S, Kwiatkowski, D, Saha, B, McGuire, W, Hill, Adrian, Mascie-Taylor, CG, Hill, AV   +7 more
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Lack of effects of the TNF-α and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in Mexican patients with lepromatous leprosy

, 2012
Several human genetic variants have been associated with susceptibility or resistance to leprosy. The aim of this study was to assess whether gene polymorphisms of -308 G/A TNF-α and -819 T/C IL-10 are associated with lepromatous leprosy in Mexican ...
Murillo-Llanes, J., Rios-Tostado, J.J., Flores-Garcia, A., Cazarez-Salazar, S., Rangel-Villalobos, H., Felix, J.S.V.   +5 more
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T lymphocyte reactivity of leprosy patients and healthy contacts from a leprosy-endemic population to delipidified cell components of Mycobacterium leprae

, 1994
In this study, we measured in vitro proliferative responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from both leprosy patients across the clinical spectrum and also healthy contacts from a leprosy-endemic population to delipidified cell components of ...
Ramu, G., Mahadevan, P. R., Robinson, P., Shankernarayan, N. P., Ilangumaran, S., Muthukkaruppan, V. R.   +5 more
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Lucio phenomenon: a case report on an overlooked reaction in lepromatous leprosy

Dermatology Reports
Our patient presented with a 5-year history of chronic, asymptomatic papulonodular lesions on the extremities. The lesions spread to the face and earlobes, with new ulcerative lesions on both legs for the past 8 months.
Natsuda Sajjachareonpong, Poonnawis Sudtikoonaseth, Kowit Kampirapap, Monton Tanabodee, Sutsarun Prunglumpoo, Chanisa Kiatsurayanon   +5 more
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Clinical variables associated with disability in leprosy cases in northeast Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Introduction: The clinical outcomes of leprosy include complications such as physical disabilities and deformities that vary according to the degree of impairment of nerve trunks.
Victor Santana Santos, Andressa Mayara Santos de Matos, Lorena Sheila Alves de Oliveira, Ligia Mara Dolce de Lemos, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Francisco Prado Reis, Vanessa Tavares de Gois Santos, Vera Lúcia Corrêa Feitosa   +7 more
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Vasculitic neuropathy in a patient with inactive treated lepromatous leprosy

, 2000
A 46 year old Asian male with previously treated lepromatous leprosy developed a stepwise multifocal sensory disturbance 25 years later. Neurophysiology demonstrated marked deterioration from previous studies.
Bowen, J R C, Morris, J H, Lucas, S B, McDougall, A C, Donaghy, M   +4 more
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Lepromatous Leprosy [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1973
Sheila M Johnston, A C McDougall, T J Ryan   +2 more
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Renal involvement in leprosy: retrospective analysis of 461 cases in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Renal lesions in leprosy have been extensively described, including amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, nephrosclerosis, tubulointerstitial nephritis and granulomas.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher   +1 more
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Leprosy Specific Orofacial Aspects

Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2011
Leprosy is a chronic infection caused by Mycobactenum leprae, GHA- Hansen first identified the organism in 1873, so called Hansen disease. Mycobacterium leprae is a bacillus that presents a peculiar tropism for the skin and peripheral nerves.
Vathsala Naik, Raghavendra Kini, Smit Singla, Anjali Shetty   +3 more
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