Adenosine deaminase activity in leprosy (a preliminary study).
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).
Chaudhary
S D
SD
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical College, Rohtak.
Gupta
V
V
Saini
A S
AS
Singh
V
V
Lal
H
H
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
D009700:Nucleoside Deaminases; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase