The value of Tzanck smear test in diagnosis of erosive, vesicular, bullous, and pustular skin lesions

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 958-964

  Durdu, Murat ^a   Baba, Mete ^a   Seçkin, Deniz ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOLYTIC DYSKERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENODERMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT; TZANCK SMEAR TEST; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 55949112549     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.059     Document Type: Article

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