00908nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001200066653002500078653000900103100001300112700001200125700001100137245008600148300001000234490000700244050003200251520039300283022001400676       1979                            d  c1979 Jan10aHumans10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aSkin1 aBedi T R1 aKumar B1 aKaur S00aHistopathologic study of clinically normal appearing skin in lepromatous leprosy.  a78-800 v51  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Skin biopsies from clinically normal skin of the scalp, axillary and groin regions in 20 lepromatous leprosy patients revealed significant histopathological findings in upto 25 percent of the patients. The positive findings could, perhaps, be enhanced by studying larger skin materials from these body areas. Indeed, no skin area appears to be immune from invasion by Myco. leprae.</p>  a0024-1024