Macroconidia of fusarium species an unusual finding in cervical smears

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-44

  Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Sodhani, Pushpa ^a   Jain, Shyama ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Fusarium; Mass screening, macroconidia; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CONIDIUM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM;

EID: 0037270009     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326473     Document Type: Article

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