Use of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A comparison with the conventional scraping method

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-113

  Hosseinzadeh, Massood ^a   Omidifar, Navid ^a   Lohrasb, Mohamad Hosein ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRAPING SMEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORING AGENTS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858736190     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110420     Document Type: Article

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