American tegumentary leishmaniasis: langerhans cells in montenegro skin test Leishmaniose tegumentar americana: células de Langerhans na reação intradérmica de Montenegro

This work analyzed the histopathology and epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) of Montenegro skin test (MST) in patients with American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) in order to in situ characterize and compare the immunological reaction of the two major clinical forms of ATL, localized cutaneous leishm...

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Main Authors: Marcia Ferraz Nogueira, Mírian N. Sotto, Luiz Carlos Cucé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652008000500007