Kveim Test in leprosy: a clinical and histopathological evaluation
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The Kveim test in leprosy.
The response to lepromin and Kveim antigens was compared and studied in 15 leprosy patients who were tuberculin negative. Of the 11 lepromin positive tuberculoid patients, 4 were Kveim positive, 1 was equivocal, and the rest were negative. Of the four lepromin negative lepromatous patients, one gave a positive Kveim test while the other three were negative. It has been shown that false-positive...
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عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0305-7518
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19810044