01006nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002500055653001400080653001100094653002300105653001200128653001600140653000900156100001200165700001400177245010200191300001000293490000600303520045300309022001400762       1989                            d  c1989 Sep10aDeveloping countries10aGranuloma10aHumans10aImmunity, Cellular10aleprosy10aSarcoidosis10aSkin1 aZumla A1 aJames G D00aSarcoidosis and leprosy--an epidemiological, clinical, pathological and immunological comparison.  a88-960 v63 a<p>Whilst the close relationship between sarcoidosis and tuberculosis has long been recognized, the similarity of sarcoidosis to leprosy has remained in the background. In most of the developing world sarcoidosis has been apparently eclipsed by the high prevalence of these two common mycobacterial diseases. The relevant epidemiological, clinical, immunological and pathological features of leprosy and sarcoidosis are compared and contrasted.</p>  a0393-1447