The value of exfoliative cytology in the diagnosis of oral herpes simplex infection in immunosuppressed patients.
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.
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D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000473:pathology*