To assess the correlation, if any, between the clinical hypopigmentation in leprosy affected skin and the inflammatory cellular infiltrate in d rmis, skin tissue sections from the maculo-anaesthetic and tuberculoid lesion of 50 cases were studied with Dopa and H & E stains. The results are indicative of (i) proportionate lack of Dopa oxidase activity in the hypopigmented leprosy lesions in commensuration with the relative degree of clinical hypopigmentation; (ii) cellular infiltrate is not related with the clinical hypopigmentation or dopa oxidase activity.
BT - Leprosy in India C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/828687?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1976 Apr IS - 2 J2 - Lepr India LA - eng N2 -To assess the correlation, if any, between the clinical hypopigmentation in leprosy affected skin and the inflammatory cellular infiltrate in d rmis, skin tissue sections from the maculo-anaesthetic and tuberculoid lesion of 50 cases were studied with Dopa and H & E stains. The results are indicative of (i) proportionate lack of Dopa oxidase activity in the hypopigmented leprosy lesions in commensuration with the relative degree of clinical hypopigmentation; (ii) cellular infiltrate is not related with the clinical hypopigmentation or dopa oxidase activity.
PY - 1976 SP - 142 EP - 8 T2 - Leprosy in India TI - Melanocytic activity in leprosy lesions with special reference to cellular infiltrate. VL - 48 SN - 0024-1024 ER -