Abstract
Summary
The blood of 53 “cuta-neural” (i. e., mixed) cases of leprosy were examined. The average iodine value for the group was 58.5 ± 15.9, the total lipids being 0.805 ±0.161 Gm./100 cc. Early “cuta-neural” leprosy and cases improving under chaul-moogra therapy exhibited higher unsaturation of the fatty acids but lower lipids than did the blood of more extensively treated advanced cases which were stationary or progressing.
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