Comparison of the Tzanck test and polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of cutaneous herpes simplex and varicella zoster virus infections

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1177-1179

  Ozcan, Atilla ^a   Senol, Mustafa ^a   Saglam, Hulya ^a   Seyhan, Muammer ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a   Aktas, Elif ^a   Ozerol, I Halil ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TZANCK TEST;

ADULT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 35948960275     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03337.x     Document Type: Article

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