Cytomorphology of leprosy across the ridley-jopling spectrum

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 719-723

  Singh, Navjeevan ^a   Bhatia, Arati ^a   Gupta, Kusum ^a   Ramam, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

EID: 0029937173     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333945     Document Type: Article

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