The use of immunohistochemistry to improve sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of systemic mycoses in patients with haematological malignancies

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-105

  Jensen, Henrik E ^a   Salonen, Juha ^b   Ekfors, Tauno O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

aspergillosis; candidosis; haematologic al malignancies; immunohistochemistry; zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031038674     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199701)181:1<100::AID-PATH100>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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