01077nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001100080653001100091653002100102653001200123653000900135653001600144653000900160100001200169700001200181700001300193700001100206245006100217300001000278490000700288520049000295022001400785       1982                            d  c1982 Sep10aAdolescent10aAdult10aFemale10aHumans10aLangerhans Cells10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aSkin1 aLiu J H1 aShi Y F1 aKong Q Y1 aYe G Y00aPreliminary observation on Langerhan's cells in leprosy.  a316-80 v503 a<p>Langerhans' cells were enumerated in the skin of eight borderline and tuberculoid leprosy patients by the enzymatic histochemical demonstration of ATPase in these cells in epidermal sheets. The number of Langerhans' cells was significantly reduced in the skin lesions of these patients compared with normal appearing skin from the same patients. The morphological details of these cells were not clear under light microscopy; further study with electron microscopy is desirable.</p>  a0148-916X