00978nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653003500058653001100093653001200104653001600116100001400132700001400146700001600160245008200176300001100258490000800269520048100277022001400758       1978                            d  c1978 May 3110aFluorescent Antibody Technique10aHumans10aleprosy10aThalidomide1 aFaber W R1 aLeiker DL1 aCormane R H00aImmunofluorescence studies in reactional leprosy with relevance to treatment.  a323-300 v2613 a<p>Twenty-three biopsies of skin lesions of patients with various types of leprosy, showing a recent reaction, were examined by means of immunofluorescence (IF) methods. The patients were divided into two groups according to the number of inflammatory cells, staining with various FTC-labelled anti-immunoglobulin antisera, in representative areas of the biopsies. It was found that the presence of these cells was correlated with a good response to thalidomide treatment.</p>  a0340-3696