Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with type 1 reaction in an HIV patient--a phenomenon of immune reconstitution.

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  • Tarun Narang
  • Sunil Dogra
  • Inderjeet Kaur
چکیده

for publication on June 2, 2005. 2 T. Narang, M.D.; S. Dogra, M.D., D.N.B., M.N.A.M.S.; and I. Kaur, M.D., M.N.A.M.S., Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Reprint requests to: Dr. Inderjeet Kaur, Additional Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, PGIMER, Chandigarh-160 012, India; Email: [email protected] CASE REPORTS

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association

دوره 73 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005