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Serum Metabolomics Reveals Higher Levels of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Lepromatous Leprosy: Potential Markers for Susceptibility and Pathogenesis

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a disease of the skin and peripheral nervous system caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. The clinical presentations of leprosy are spectral, with the severity of disease determined by the balance between the cellular and humoral immune response...

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Autores principales: Al-Mubarak, Reem, Vander Heiden, Jason, Broeckling, Corey D., Balagon, Marivic, Brennan, Patrick J., Vissa, Varalakshmi D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001303