More experiences with the Tzanck smear test: Cytologic findings in cutaneous granulomatous disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-450

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

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ministry of National Education   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cytology; etiology; granulomatous diseases; Tzanck smear

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BOTYROMYCOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GIEMSA STAIN; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORING AGENTS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS, LANGHANS; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849101379     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.02.050     Document Type: Article

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