01149nas a2200361 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653002600066653002500092653002900117653002400146653002700170653001300197653001300210653001100223653001600234653001100250653001200261653002500273653001600298100001500314700001600329700001500345700001700360700002200377700002100399245011700420300000900537490000600546520022100552022001400773 1986 d c198610aAdolescent10aAntibodies, Bacterial10aAntibody Specificity10aAntigen-Antibody Complex10aAntigens, Bacterial10aChemical Precipitation10aEpitopes10aErythema10aFemale10aGlycolipids10aHumans10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aTemperature1 aDrosos A A1 aBrennan P J1 aElisaf M S1 aStefanou S G1 aPapadimitriou C S1 aMoutsopoulos H M00aSpecific antigen and antibody to Mycobacterium leprae in the cryoprecipitate of a patient with Lucio phenomenon. a93-40 v63 a

Using a sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) assay we showed that the cryoglobulins of a patient with Lucio phenomenon contain phenolic glycolipid I antigen and a specific antibody.

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