@article{2743,
  keywords = {Adult, Catechol Oxidase, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Skin},
  author = {Reza K and Talib S and Imam S K},
  title = {O-diphenoloxidase concentrations in leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>O-diphenoloxidase activity was studied in 15 patients with lepromatous leprosy, 15 with tuberculois leprosy, and 15 controls. O-diphenoloxidase isolated from skin and serum samples of patients with lepromatous leprosy had the specificity of a bacterially derived enzyme and not that of a mammalian-derived enzyme. Only the patients who had lepromatous leprosy for over two years showed enzyme activity in serum, though all showed it in skin tissue. O-diphenoloxidase activity in serum may be a useful diagnostic marker of lepromatous leprosy.</p>},
  year = {1979},
  journal = {British medical journal},
  volume = {2},
  pages = {900-1},
  month = {1979 Oct 13},
  issn = {0007-1447},
  doi = {10.1136/bmj.2.6195.900},
  language = {eng},
}