title: Surgical pearl: use of a double razor blade to obtain stratum corneum specimens for potassium hydroxide examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008, USA.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Shelley
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Shelley
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003475:Curettage / Q000295:instrumentation; D003880:Dermatology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004817:Epidermis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016591:Histocytological Preparation Techniques; D006801:Humans; D006878:Hydroxides; D017680:Potassium Compounds
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D006878:Hydroxides; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C029943:potassium hydroxide