00949nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001900055653002400074653002800098653003500126653001100161653002100172653001200193653000900205100001500214245003200229300001100261490000700272050001500279520039900294022001400693       1987                            d  c1987 Dec10aAutoantibodies10aAutoimmune Diseases10aDiagnosis, Differential10aFluorescent Antibody Technique10aHumans10aImmunoglobulin G10aleprosy10aSkin1 aAzulay R D00aAutoaggressive hanseniasis.  a1042-60 v17  aAZULAY19873 a<p>I have given the name autoaggressive hanseniasis to a syndrome with immunopathologic and clinical pictures resembling autoaggressive systemic diseases observed in some cases of lepromatous and borderline hanseniasis. It is probably caused by B cell stimulation by antigenic complex of Mycobacterium leprae plus autologous tissue, along with a dysfunction of the T-suppressor lymphocytes.</p>  a0190-9622