title: Conjunctival impression cytology.
abstract: A new technique is presented using impression of the conjunctiva with a plastic device to study the conjunctival response in various conjunctival disease states. When used with a rapid acting stain the impression technique proved to be accurate, reproducible, and nondestructive when compared to the standard spatula scraping of the conjunctiva using Giemsa stain.
mesh_terms: D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000166:cytology*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003235:Conjunctivitis, Inclusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010969:Plastics
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics