Intraepidermal neutrophils - A clue to dermatophytosis?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-255

  Meymandi, Simin ^a   Silver, Shane G ^a   Crawford, Richard I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038218050     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-6987.2003.045.x     Document Type: Article

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