01243nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001800059653001100077653001100088653002300099653001200122653002000134653001800154100001500172245010400187300000900291490000700300520070400307022001401011       1990                            d  c1990 Jan-Feb10aB-Lymphocytes10aBrazil10aHumans10aImmunity, Cellular10aleprosy10aLeukocyte Count10aT-Lymphocytes1 aAzulay R D00aDetermination of different populations of blood lymphocytes in Brazilian patients with hanseniasis.  a35-60 v293 a<p>The number of B and T lymphocytes were determined in the blood of 35 Brazilian patients with leprosy: 19 lepromatous (L), 9 borderline (B), 4 tuberculoid (T), and 3 indeterminate (I) and also in a control group of 30 normal individuals. The results, were as follows. B lymphocytes, no differences between the patients with hanseniasis and the control group; T lymphocytes, there was an evident depletion in the patients with L compared to the control group and patients with T; and the average of T lymphocytes in B and I was lower than that seen in the control group and in patients with T. Despite this alteration they approach to what is found in the patients with T and the control group.</p>  a0011-9059