Fontana-Masson-stained tissue from culture-proven mycoses

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1107-1111

  Kimura, Masatomo ^a   McGinnis, Michael R ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HYALIN; MELANIN; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOSIS; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TRICHOSPORON; ZYGOMYCETES;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; COLORING AGENTS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 0032415929     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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