From the 19th century to the 21st, an old dilemma: Ciliocytophthoria, multiflagellated protozoa, or both?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 609-611

  Martínez Giron, Rafael ^a,b   Doganci, Levent ^c   Ribas, Andrés ^b,d  

^a Fundación INCLÍNICA ^*  (Spain)

^b Fundacion INCLINICA   (Spain)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CILIOCYTOPHTHORIA; CYTOPATHOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; SPUTUM;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PROTOZOA; SPUTUM;

EID: 48649103710     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20871     Document Type: Letter

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