01100nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001100066653001100077653001200088653001600100653000900116653002500125653000900150100001800159700001600177245004600193300001100239490000700250520058700257022001400844       1976                            d  c1976 Aug10aBiopsy10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMacrophages10aMale10aMycobacterium leprae10aSkin1 aMansfield R E1 aBinford C H00aThe histopathologic diagnosis of leprosy.  a986-930 v693 a<p>The objective of this paper is to encourage histopathologists to recognize and diagnose leprosy so that it can be treated effectively at the earliest stage possible, before irreversible deformities result. Recognition of the earliest form of leprosy-indeterminate-is emphasized. Histopathologic descriptions are made and illustrated for the principal types of leprosy. Emphasis is placed on (1) the need for dependable acid-fast staining of leprosy bacillus, (2) the non-specific infiltrate in indeterminate leprosy, and (3) the involvement of nerves in all types of leprosy.</p>  a0038-4348