01253nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001900084653001800103653001100121653001100132653001200143653001600155653000900171653001600180100001100196700001200207700001400219245010400233300001100337490000700348520060600355022001400961       1977                            d  c1977 Oct-Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aBiopsy, Needle10aCytodiagnosis10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aLymph Nodes10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aKaur S1 aKumar B1 aGupta S K00aFine needle aspiration of lymph nodes in leprosy. A study of bacteriologic and morphologic indices.  a369-720 v453 a<p>Lymph node aspiration was performed from the inguinal group of lymph nodes in 16 patients having lepromatous or borderline leprosy. In the same group of patients impression smears of excised lymph node and slit smears of the skin were also studied. This study made it obvious that the aspiration biopsy technic gave similar information regarding the Bacteriologic (BI) and Morphologic Indices (MI) as the impression smears of excised lymph nodes. The technic of aspiration being simple and nontraumatic is recommended for the follow-up of patients on antileprosy drugs and in reactional phases.</p>  a0148-916X