Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:  

10548.  Spencer JS, Kim HJ, Marques AM, Gonzalez-Juarerro M, Lima MC, Vissa VD, Truman RW, Gennaro ML, Cho SN, Cole ST, Brennan PJ. Comparative analysis of B- and T-cell epitopes of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture filtrate protein 10. Infect Immun. 2004 Jun;72(6):3161-70.

10549.  Britton WJ, Lockwood DN. Leprosy. Lancet. 2004 Apr 10;363(9416):1209-19. Review.

Pathogenesis:

10550.  Nepal BP, Shrestha UD. Ocular findings in leprosy patients in Nepal in the era of multidrug therapy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 May;137(5):888-92.

10551.  Sunderkotter CH, Tomimori-Yamashita J, Nix V, Maeda SM, Sindrilaru A, Mariano M, Sorg C, Roth J. High expression of myeloid-related proteins 8 and 14 characterizes an inflammatorily active but ineffective response of macrophages during leprosy. Immunology. 2004 Apr;111(4):472-80.

Therapy:

10552.  Crawford CL.  Does thalidomide have a role in leprosy? Lancet. 2004 Jun 5;363(9424):1911.