Article
Do human leukocyte antigens have a role to play in differential manifestation of multibacillary leprosy: a study on multibacillary leprosy patients from north India.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 1992
Rani R, Zaheer S A, Mukherjee R
Abstract excerpt
118 multibacillary leprosy patients with differential manifestations were studied for the antigens they expressed at MHC loci to investigate the role of human leukocyte antigens in the differential response to the same causative agent. While the lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients showed a signific...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DR2 Antigen
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunity, Cellular
- India
- Leprosy
- Leprosy, Borderline
- Leprosy, Lepromatous
- Mycobacterium leprae