Diagnosing granulomatous inflammation of the skin: A cytomorphologic approach based on evaluation of cellular reaction patterns

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 761-766

  Bhatia, Arati ^a   Singh, Navjeevan ^a   Arora, Vinod K ^a   Bhattacharya, Sambit N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Granuloma; Inflammation; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0032878274     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331288     Document Type: Article

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