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KMID : 0386320060390010065
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Korean Leprosy Bulletin
2006 Volume.39 No. 1 p.65 ~ p.74
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12 Cases of Hansen’s Disease(New case & Relapse)
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Kim Jong-Pill
Kim Yeon-Sil
Ko Young-Hoon
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Abstract
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In 2005, we find 7 new cases and 5 relapse cases, diagnosis by the clinical finding, skin smear, skin biopsy, lepromin test, ELISA for PGL-I antibody, and DNA-PCR.
The results obtained were summarized as follows:
1. In new cases, the mean age is 54.6, mean BI is 4.1+,and mean O.D. of PGL-I antibody is 0.866, and numbers of TTC repeat are 10(3 cases), 12(3 cases), and 11(1 case), and of GACATC repeats are 4(all Korean 5 cases) and 3(all foreigners 2cases).
2. In relapse case, the mean age is 65.0, mean BI is 4.6+,and mean O.D. of PGL-I antibody is 1.19, and numbers of TTC repeat are 11(2 cases), 12(1 cases), 13(1 case) and unknown(1 case), and of GACATC repeats are 4(all Korean 4 cases) and unknown(1 case).
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KEYWORD
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Leprosy, New case, Relapse
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