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Indian J Lepr
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1995 Jul-Sep; 67(3): 293-300
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-54962
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out in order to find out whether antineural antibodies had a role to play in perpetuating pre-existing nerve damage in leprosy. Indirect ELISA was carried out on sera from 20 leprosy patients and five normal controls using antigen prepared from peripheral nerves of a cured bacteriologically negative leprosy patient. None of the patients had significant levels of IgG antibodies whereas eight of them (40%) had significant levels of IgM antibodies. However, there was no correlation with duration of disease, treatment received, nerve enlargement or active neuritis. The nature of these antibodies is discussed.
Subject(s)
Adult , Aged , Animals , Autoantibodies/immunology , BCG Vaccine/metabolism , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/complications , Female , Humans , Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Immunoglobulin M/immunology , Leprosy/complications , Leprosy, Lepromatous/immunology , Male , Middle Aged , Peripheral Nerves/immunology
2.
Indian J Exp Biol
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1983 Dec; 21(12): 674-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-59192
3.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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1972 Sep; 20(3): 113-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-70545