White blood cell counts and the percentages and absolute numbers of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of active lepromatous (BT, BB, BL) leprosy patients, patients with borderline leprosy, and normal controls were determined. Lepromatous patients showed decreased leukocyte counts and elevated percentages of lymphocytes, resulting in normal absolute lymphocyte counts. The proportion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells forming "active" rosettes, standard (4 degrees C overnight) rosettes, and "high affinity" (29 degrees C for 1 hr) rosettes with sheep erythrocytes, and rosettes with EAC were determined. Lepromatous patients, compared with normal controls, had decreased "active" rosettes, standard rosettes, and "high affinity" rosettes with sheep erythrocytes with an increase in the nonrosetting proportion. Both lepromatous and borderline leprosy patients showed increased percentages of EAC rosettes compared with normal controls.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6684644?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1983 Jun IS - 2 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -White blood cell counts and the percentages and absolute numbers of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of active lepromatous (BT, BB, BL) leprosy patients, patients with borderline leprosy, and normal controls were determined. Lepromatous patients showed decreased leukocyte counts and elevated percentages of lymphocytes, resulting in normal absolute lymphocyte counts. The proportion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells forming "active" rosettes, standard (4 degrees C overnight) rosettes, and "high affinity" (29 degrees C for 1 hr) rosettes with sheep erythrocytes, and rosettes with EAC were determined. Lepromatous patients, compared with normal controls, had decreased "active" rosettes, standard rosettes, and "high affinity" rosettes with sheep erythrocytes with an increase in the nonrosetting proportion. Both lepromatous and borderline leprosy patients showed increased percentages of EAC rosettes compared with normal controls.
PY - 1983 SP - 174 EP - 8 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Rosette-forming cells in patients with treated leprosy. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v51n2a03.pdf VL - 51 SN - 0148-916X ER -