11 Cases of Hansens Disease(New case & Relapse) / 나학회지
Korean Leprosy Bulletin
;
: 73-80, 2004.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-95341
ABSTRACT
In 2003, we found 6 new cases and 5 relapse cases, diagnosis by the clinical finding, skin smear, skin biopsy, lepromin test, ELISA for PGL-I antibody, and DNA-PCR. The results obtained were summarized as follows 1. In new cases, the mean age was 62.5, mean BI is 4+,and mean O.D. of PGL-I antibody was 0.678, and numbers of TTC repeat was 12(4 cases), 18(1 case), and 20(1 case), and of GACATC repeats are 4(5 cases, Koreans)and 3(1 case, Filipino). 2. In relapse cases, the mean age was 59.4, mean BI is 4.6+,and mean O.D. of PGL-I antibody was 0.772, and numbers of TTC repeat was 11(4 cases), 15(1 case), and of GACATC repeats are 4(4 case, Koreans)and 3(1 case, Korean).
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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
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Leprosy Bulletin
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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