Morphological variations in microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in cytology smears: A morphometric study of 32 cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Kaushal, Seema ^a   Iyer, Venkateswaran K ^a   Mathur, Sandeep R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Microfilaria; Morphology; Morphometry; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASPIRATION; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA MALAYI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84864271113     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337446     Document Type: Article

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