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Circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) correlate with disease status in leprosy
BACKGROUND: Caused by Mycobacterium leprae (ML), leprosy presents a strong immune-inflammatory component, whose status dictates both the clinical form of the disease and the occurrence of reactional episodes. Evidence has shown that, during the immune-inflammatory response to infection, the growth h...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22166091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-339 |