Economical microscope configuration for direct mycological examination with fluorescence in dermatology

Dermatology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 246-248

  Monod, Michel ^a   Jaccoud, Sandra ^a   Stirnimann, Regina ^b   Anex, Romain ^a   Villa, Franc ^c   Balmer, Stephan ^c   Panizzon, Renato ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Direct mycological examination; Fluorescence microscopy; Mycosis

Indexed keywords

BLANKOPHOR; CALCOFLUOR; FLUOROCHROME; HALOGEN; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILTER; FINGER NAIL; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033694840     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018496     Document Type: Article

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