01216nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002900055653003100084653002100115653001100136653001200147653002500159100001100184700002000195700001500215700001500230245014900245300000900394490000700403520055000410022001400960       1984                            d  c1984 Mar10aAntigen-Antibody Complex10aComplement System Proteins10aErythema Nodosum10aHumans10aleprosy10aPolyethylene Glycols1 aSaha K1 aChakrabarty A K1 aSharma V K1 aSehgal V N00aPolyethylene glycol precipitates in serum during and after erythema nodosum leprosum--study of their composition and anticomplementary activity.  a44-80 v523 a<p>Polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitates obtained from sera were characterized and quantitated in 20 borderline lepromatous (BL) and polar lepromatous (LL) patients with moderate to severe erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) before and four weeks after treatment with anti-ENL drugs, e.g., cortisone, clofazimine, chloroquine, or aspirin. Although the clinical severity of ENL subsided, there was no significant clearance of material that precipitates with PEG from the circulation. These precipitates had variable anticomplementary properties.</p>  a0148-916X