Pemphigus vulgaris of skin: Cytological findings and pitfalls

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-314

  Mokhtari, Maral ^a   Rasolmali, Reza ^b   Kumar, Perikala Vijayananda ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atypical lymphocytes; Cytological findings; Dysplastic acantholytic cells; Pemphigus vulgaris; Skin

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOLYTIC CELL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLISTER; BULLOUS DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DYSPLASIA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEOLUS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SMEAR;

EID: 84860732562     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333832     Document Type: Article

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