Twenty-three biopsies of skin lesions of patients with various types of leprosy, showing a recent reaction, were examined by means of immunofluorescence (IF) methods. The patients were divided into two groups according to the number of inflammatory cells, staining with various FTC-labelled anti-immunoglobulin antisera, in representative areas of the biopsies. It was found that the presence of these cells was correlated with a good response to thalidomide treatment.
BT - Archives of dermatological research C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/356752?dopt=Abstract DA - 1978 May 31 DO - 10.1007/bf00455302 IS - 3 J2 - Arch. Dermatol. Res. LA - eng N2 -Twenty-three biopsies of skin lesions of patients with various types of leprosy, showing a recent reaction, were examined by means of immunofluorescence (IF) methods. The patients were divided into two groups according to the number of inflammatory cells, staining with various FTC-labelled anti-immunoglobulin antisera, in representative areas of the biopsies. It was found that the presence of these cells was correlated with a good response to thalidomide treatment.
PY - 1978 SP - 323 EP - 30 T2 - Archives of dermatological research TI - Immunofluorescence studies in reactional leprosy with relevance to treatment. VL - 261 SN - 0340-3696 ER -