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Review
. 1987 Dec;17(6):1042-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(87)70295-3.

Autoaggressive hanseniasis

R D Azulay  1
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Review

Autoaggressive hanseniasis

R D Azulay. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Dec.

Abstract

I have given the name autoaggressive hanseniasis to a syndrome with immunopathologic and clinical pictures resembling autoaggressive systemic diseases observed in some cases of lepromatous and borderline hanseniasis. It is probably caused by B cell stimulation by antigenic complex of Mycobacterium leprae plus autologous tissue, along with a dysfunction of the T-suppressor lymphocytes.

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