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1687058

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
An evaluation was made of the serum anti-phenolic-glycolipid-I (PGL-I) IgM levels of leprosy patients in the Taiwan area by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with a specific synthetic PGL-I antigen and natural trisaccharide phenylpropionyl bovine serum albumin (NT-P-BSA). Fifty-five blood samples were collected from 24 tuberculoid and 31 lepromatous leprosy patients and 21 healthy age- and sex-matched subjects. Among these groups, lepromatous patients had the highest levels of IgM and anti-NT-P-BSA IgM with a good correlation between these two levels (p less than 0.01). Tuberculoid patients also had higher levels than normal subjects. Wide variation in the standard deviation and decreased levels within the cutoff value of some lepromatous patients may be due to various periods of anti-leprosy treatment. Serial anti-NT-P-BSA IgM assessments in response to anti-leprosy treatment may provide more information and serve as a guideline for therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0929-6646
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1099-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The diagnostic value of IgM to natural trisaccharide phenylpropionyl bovine serum albumin in leprosy patients: a preliminary report from Taiwan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article