Immunofluorescence studies in reactional leprosy with relevance to treatment

✍ Scribed by W. R. Faber; D. L. Leiker; R. H. Cormane

• Book ID: 104780057
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 662 KB
• Volume: 261
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-3696
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00455302

✦ Synopsis

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 antiimmunoglobulin 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.