Cytologic diagnosis of syphilitic pleuritis: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-38

  Zaharopoulos, Paul ^a   Wong, Jick ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

cytology; pleuritis; secondary syphilis; treponema identification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REAGIN TEST; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0031047982     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<35::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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