8 Cases of Hansen's Disease(New case & Relapse) / 나학회지
Korean Leprosy Bulletin
;
: 51-58, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-22149
ABSTRACT
In 2006, we find 7 new cases and one relapse case, diagnosis by the clinical finding, skin smear, skin biopsy, lepromin test, ELISA for PGL-I antibody, and DNA-PCR. In new cases, the mean age is 59.3, mean BI is 3.3+, mean O.D. of PGL-I antibody is 0.941, numbers of TTC repeat are 13(3 cases), 11(2 case), 12(1 cases), and 31(1 case), and of GACATC repeats are 4(5 Koreans) and 3(2 foreigners). In relapse case, a 45 years-old male patient is revealed that BI is 5+, O.D. of PGL-I antibody is 1.096, numbers of TTC repeat are 12 and GACATC repeats are 4.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Recurrence
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Skin
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Biopsy
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Diagnosis
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Lepromin
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Leprosy
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Leprosy Bulletin
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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