Correspondence, papers and slides

Papers on a curious form of leprosy, mainly in Mexico, called 'Lucio-Latapí' leprosy after two leprologists who first described it (1852) and re-identified it (1936):

Sifuentes et al. 'Lepra visceral' Dermatologia, Revista Mexicana 1977; McDougall (1979) 'Untreated Lepromatous Leprosy: Histopathological Findings in Cutaneous Blood Vessels', International Journal of Leprosy 1979; Kamp et al. 'The realtion between the lucio phenomenon and cutaneous allergic vasculitis', International Journal of Leprosy 1962; Quismorio et al. 'Immunoglobulin deposits in Lepromatous Leprosy Skin' Archives of Dermatology 1975; Furtado 'The Lucio-Alvarado form of leprosy: a case observed in Brazil', International Journal of Leprosy 1959; Rea et al. 'Lucio's Phenomenon and Diffuse Nonnodular Lepromatous Leprosy' Archives of Dermatology 1978; Derbes et al. 'The Lucio form of diffused leprosy, case in Louisiana' IJL 1961; Donner et al. 'The "Luci Phenomenon" in diffused leprosy' Annals of Internal Medicine 1967; Quismorio et al. 'Lucio's phenomenon: an immune complex deposition syndrome in lepromatous leprosy' Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology 1977; Pursley et al. 'Lucio's phenomenon' Archives of Dermatology 1980; Moschella 'The Lepra Reaction With Necrotizing Skin Lesions' Archives of Dermatology 1967; Rea 'Lucio's phenomenon: an overview', 1979;

Correspondence, including letters from Fernardo Latapí (1978-1996); slides and negatives of microsope images of cells and affected unidentified patients.

Please note there are more letters about this type of leprosy in the main correspondence sequence (PP/MCD/A/3).