Diagnosis of systemic mycoses by specific immunohistochemical tests

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-258

  Jensen, H E ^a   Schonheyder H C ^b   Hotchi, M ^c   Kaufman, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fungal infections; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Systemic mycoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0029886695     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00714.x     Document Type: Review

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