01189nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001100065653001100076653001200087653000900099653001600108653002900124653002700153653000900180100001700189245009100206300001000297490000700307050003200314520057500346022001400921       1976                            d  c1976 Apr10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMelanocytes10aMonophenol Monooxygenase10aPigmentation Disorders10aSkin1 aChatterjee A00aMelanocytic activity in leprosy lesions with special reference to cellular infiltrate.  a142-80 v48  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>To assess the correlation, if any, between the clinical hypopigmentation in leprosy affected skin and the inflammatory cellular infiltrate in d rmis, skin tissue sections from the maculo-anaesthetic and tuberculoid lesion of 50 cases were studied with Dopa and H & E stains. The results are indicative of (i) proportionate lack of Dopa oxidase activity in the hypopigmented leprosy lesions in commensuration with the relative degree of clinical hypopigmentation; (ii) cellular infiltrate is not related with the clinical hypopigmentation or dopa oxidase activity.</p>  a0024-1024