title: Adenosine deaminase activity in leprosy (a preliminary study).
abstract: Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was studied in 25 patients having different types of leprosy and 25 healthy volunteer as control. There was definite rise of ADA activity in BL (72.9 +/- 6.85), LL (56.7 +/- 3.35) and BT (39.1 +/- 8.28) which was statistically significant when compared to ADA activity in healthy control (9.7 +/- 0.53).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical College, Rohtak.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Saini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lal
mesh_terms: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000201:enzymology*; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000201:enzymology; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000201:enzymology; D015441:Leprosy, Tuberculoid / Q000201:enzymology; D009700:Nucleoside Deaminases / Q000097:blood*; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D009700:Nucleoside Deaminases; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase