title: The value of exfoliative cytology in the diagnosis of oral herpes simplex infection in immunosuppressed patients.
abstract: Conventional exfoliative cytology was effective in confirming a clinical suspicion of oral mucosal infection by herpes simplex virus in nineteen out of twenty (95%) immunosuppressed patients who were studied.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Earl
mesh_terms: D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000473:pathology*