@article{16986,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Betamethasone, Child, Humans, Hypersensitivity, Delayed, Lepromin, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged},
  author = {Kundu S K and Hazra S K and Ghosh S and Chaudhuri S},
  title = {Corticosteroids and lepromin sensitivity.},
  abstract = {<p>Corticosteroids are known to influence the hypersensitivity reaction in a number of diseases involving hypersensitivity of tissues and alter the antigen antibody reactions in vivo. Corticosteroids administered in thirty tuberculoid cases for a period of 3 weeks showed negative response in the lepromin positive cases uniformly thereby proving suppression of cell mediated immunity in tuberculoid cases under the influence of corticosteroids; hence polar concept of tuberculoid type may be under question with continuous and prolonged corticosteroid therapy under necessity.</p>},
  year = {1982},
  journal = {Leprosy in India},
  volume = {54},
  pages = {489-98},
  month = {1982 Jul},
  issn = {0024-1024},
  language = {eng},
}