- A Case of Tuberculoid Leprosy without Sensory Loss in a Male Immigrant
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Lee SW, Kim YU, Kim KJ, Heo EP
- KMID: 2245939
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 2015 Jul;53(6):466-469.
Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The prevalence and number of new cases have recently markedly decreased in Korea, and the possibility of leprosy can therefore... -
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- Immunohistochemical Staining in Leprosy : Distribution of Lysozyme and S - 100 Protein
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Cho KH, Seong YK, Kim CW
- KMID: 2231477
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1987 Aug;25(4):467-475.
Immunohistochemical staining was performed in 20 skin granulomas of 16 patients with leprosy using antisera against lysozyme and S-100 protein. In lepromatous leprosy, lysozyme positive cells and S-100 protein positive... -
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- Differential Diagnosis of Tuberculoid Leprosy from Sarcoidosis by S-100 and Computer-assisted Image Analysis
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Cho YE, Kim MH, Choi HY, Myung KB
- KMID: 2250094
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 2003 Oct;41(10):1332-1337.
BACKGROUND: Histologic evidence of destruction of a cutaneous nerve by granulomatous inflammation is a feature of tuberculoid leprosy. However, identifying remnants of the nerve in the granuloma may be difficult... -
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- Levels Serum Soluble CD25 , CD8 , and CD4 In Patients with Leprosy
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Suh MK, Chung SL, Kim JC, Kim MK
- KMID: 2230840
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1994 Feb;32(1):50-57.
BACKGROUND: Generalized immune activation occurs early in the course of many infectious disease. Laboratory investigations have shown that immune activation can be quantified by the measurement of soluble immune activation... -
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- Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Levels in Leprosy Patients
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Song JY, Park ES
- KMID: 1678933
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1984 Apr;22(2):206-213.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme(ACE) is a ipeptidyl carboxypeptidase that is a membrane bound mainly on the luminal surface of pulmonary endothelial capillary cells. It functions to inactivate bradykinin, and also converts angiotensin... -
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- Clinical Survey on Leprosy patients
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Suh ST
- KMID: 1663431
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1960 Jan;1(1):19-30.
The clinical and histopathological studies were carried out on 120 leprosy patients who visited the Department of Dermatology, Medical School Hospital, Kyungpook University during the period from October, 1957 to... -
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- Changes of Serum Neopterin and Elastase - alpha1 - Antitrypsin
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Kim HJ, Chung SL, Kim JC, Kim MK
- KMID: 2085728
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1994 Aug;32(4):547-553.
BACKGROUND: Generalized immune aetivation occurs early in the course of many infectious diseases. Clinical investigations have known that immune activation can be qiantified by the measurement of soluble immune activation... -
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- Adenosine Deaminase Activities in Sera and Erythrocytes of Leprosy Patients
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Choi YS, Chun IK, Kim YP
- KMID: 2231750
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1983 Apr;21(2):189-193.
Leprosy has two polar types. The one tuberculoid leprosy (TL) is characterized by well preserved cellular immunity with a good prognosia and the other lepromatous leprosy(LL) shows no cellular immunity... -
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- The effect of TLR2 mutation in IL-12 production according to type of leprosy
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Kang TJ, Lee SB, Chae GT
- KMID: 1609918
- Korean Lepr Bull.
- 2001 Dec;34(2):3-12.
Recently, many reports suggest that the activation of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) by microbial lipoproteins may initiate innate defense mechanism against infectious pathogens. Especially, TLR2 is critical in the immune... -
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- A report on thirteen new cases of Hansen's disease in Busan, Ulsan, and Kyungnam district during last 6 years (2002-2007)
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Cho HH, Seo SH, Jung DS, Ko HC, Kim MB, Kwon KS
- KMID: 2308488
- Korean Lepr Bull.
- 2008 Dec;41(2):3-10.
INTRODUCTION: Along with the remarkable decrease in incidence of Hansen's disease, many physicians have little experience and are unfamiliar with the disease entity. Consequently physicians may make an error in... -
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- A Study of in situ PCR on Borderline Leprosy Patients
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Choi HY
- KMID: 2052724
- Ewha Med J.
- 1996 Mar;19(1):67-72.
- doi: 10.12771/emj.1996.19.1.67
This study was planned to help the diagnosis of borderline leprosy by application of the in situ PCR. In situ PCR was performed in the tissue from skin biopsy using... -
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- Expression of MHC Class I, II and CD1 in the Vascular Endothelial Cells and Dermal Inflammatory Cells of Leprosy Skin Lesions
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Kim SH, Choi HY, Hahm JH, Seong SH, Ko YH
- KMID: 2250817
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 2002 Jun;40(6):626-633.
BACKGROUND: The recent experimental observations suggested that location of M. leprae in the Schwann cells was mediated by epineurial and endoneurial endothelial cells, giving M. leprae access to the inner... -
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- Hepatitis C in Leprous patients: Genotype and risk factor study
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Choi JP, Lee KS, Lee YJ, Lee CH
- KMID: 1984678
- Korean J Med.
- 2006 Jan;70(1):11-16.
BACKGROUND: On previous reports, the incidence of hepatitis C in Korean leprous patients is too high (55.6~69%). We investigated the percentage of the leprous patients with hepatitis C, genotypes, and... -
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- Expression of Smad 2 and 3 on the Lesions of Leprosy
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Lee HS, Lee JR, Choi GS, Shin JH, Choi HY
- KMID: 1639591
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 2006 Mar;44(3):304-308.
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is an infectious disease with two polar forms, tuberculoid leprosy (TT) and lepromatous leprosy (LL), that are characterized by strong cell-mediated immunity (CMI) and CMI anergy, respectively. Transforming... -
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- Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Activities in Sera , Erythrocytes and Lymphocytes of Blood from Patients with Various Dermatoses
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Choi YS, Lee SC, Kim YP
- KMID: 1679589
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1986 Aug;24(4):480-486.
The present study was designed to measure the activity of purine nucleoside phosphorylalse (PNPase) in sera, erythrocytes and lymphocytes of blood from patients with various dermatoses as it's activities are... -
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- A Study on Normal Lymphocyte Transfer Test in Patients with Leprosy
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Lee CH, Kim WS, Lee YS, Kim DI
- KMID: 2231774
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1978 Aug;16(4):281-287.
Normal lymphocyte transfer (NLT) test is composed of two peaks of delaycd. hypersensitivity reaction of erythema and/or induration developed at the site of intradermal inoculatioa of allogenic lymphocyte. It has... -
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- Leprous Neuropathy
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Lee DK
- KMID: 2053860
- Korean Lepr Bull.
- 2002 Dec;35(2):13-28.
Leprosy, one of the oldest diseases known to humans, still affects almost 10-15 million people throughout the world. Neuropathy affects 15-20% of infected individuals. Therefore leprous neuropathy is still one... -
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- The Leukocyte Inhibitory Factor and Circulating Immune Complex in Leprosy Patients
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Kim SJ, Choi IH, Cho SN, Kim SH, Kim JD
- KMID: 1729563
- Yonsei Med J.
- 1988 Dec;29(4):316-320.
- doi: 10.3349/ymj.1988.29.4.316
To investigate leukocyte inhibitory factor(LlF) production and circulating immune complexes (CIC) in leprosy, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 61 patients and sera from 6O patients were tested. The... -
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- An Evalution of Cell Mediated Immunity in Leprosy Patients and a Study of Treatment of Passive Transfer Immunity by CMI Conversion with Immune Cell Transfer
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Kim YP, Chun IK, Hwang IK
- KMID: 2013389
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1977 Jun;15(2):123-131.
Leprosy is an infectious dis as in which the immune machanism, in addition to the bacillus, plays an important role in Pathogenesis. As leprosy has two polar types, one of... -
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- Study on the Basement Membrane
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Kim SH, Kim WS
- KMID: 2039190
- Korean J Dermatol.
- 1970 Jul;8(2):3-15.
One hundred and four biopsy specimens of various dermatoses were stained with Periodic Acid-Schiff and examined. The lesions were grouped into five groups; A. twenty two cases of vesicob-ullous diseases;... -
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