TY - JOUR
KW - Dapsone
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Lymphocyte Activation
KW - Phytohemagglutinins
AU - Hardas U D
AU - Jalgaonkar S V
AB - <p>PHA-induced blastoid transformation of lymphocytes was studied in 29 contacts of leprosy patients. 21 contacts taking DDS as prophylaxis showed significant depression of lymphocyte transformation while 8 contacts not taking DDS showed no depression as compared to controls. DDS thus has an inhibitory effect on cell mediated immune response.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7132296?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1982 Apr
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>PHA-induced blastoid transformation of lymphocytes was studied in 29 contacts of leprosy patients. 21 contacts taking DDS as prophylaxis showed significant depression of lymphocyte transformation while 8 contacts not taking DDS showed no depression as compared to controls. DDS thus has an inhibitory effect on cell mediated immune response.</p>
PY - 1982
SP - 270
EP - 4
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - PHA induced blastoid transformation of lymphocytes in leprosy contacts.
VL - 54
SN - 0024-1024
ER -