@article{15452,
  keywords = {Culture Media, Growth Substances, Humans, leprosy, Leukocyte Count, Rosette Formation, T-Lymphocytes},
  author = {Patil S A and Ramu G and Dwivedi P D and Sinha S and Ghei S K and Sengupta U},
  title = {Effect of leprosy sera and foetal calf serum (FCS) on the T cell number of peripheral blood of leprosy patients.},
  abstract = {<p>Study was conducted in 24 cases of various types of leprosy and 10 healthy controls to find out the effect of various sera on the T cell count of peripheral blood lymphocytes by sheep erythrocyte rosetting method. The percentage of T lymphocytes in lepromatous and tuberculoid cases were significantly lower compared to that in normal healthy controls. All sera except FCS had a stimulatory effect on the number of T cells. The cells incubated for 24 hours in FCS did not show any stimulatory effect on the number of T cells, however, these FCS incubated cells showed a significant elevation in the number of T cells when further incubated in sera either from leprosy cases or from healthy subjects.</p>},
  year = {1984},
  journal = {Indian journal of leprosy},
  volume = {56},
  pages = {784-91},
  month = {1984 Oct-Dec},
  issn = {0254-9395},
  language = {eng},
}