@article{14564,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Child, Humans, Kupffer Cells, leprosy, Liver, Male, Necrosis},
  author = {Mittal M M and Maheshwari H B and Saha K and Sharma R},
  title = {Hepatic lesions in asymptomatic children of leprosy patients.},
  abstract = {<p>Forty-two asymptomatic children of leprosy patients were studied for possible hepatic lesions. Hepatic lesions were observed in 47% while acid-fast bacilli in the liver were found in 9.5%. The most frequent lesions encountered included granuloma in 9.5%, focal areas of necrosis in 14%, portal triaditis in 17%, and Kupffer cell hyperplasia in 33%. Occasionally more than one lesion was observed in a biopsy. No correlation with the occurrence of the various hepatic lesions could be made with a history of BCG vaccination or results of skin tests done with tuberculin and lepromin.</p>},
  year = {1978},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {46},
  pages = {42-6},
  month = {1978 Jan-Mar},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  language = {eng},
}