• DOI:10.1002/DC.20012
Corpus ID: 29757876

Pitfalls in the cytological classification of borderline leprosy in the Ridley‐Jopling scale

@article{Singh2004PitfallsIT,
  title={Pitfalls in the cytological classification of borderline leprosy in the Ridley‐Jopling scale},
  author={N. Singh and V. Manucha and S. Bhattacharya and Vinod K. Arora and A. Bhatia},
  journal={Diagnostic Cytopathology},
  year={2004},
  volume={30}
}

• N. Singh, V. Manucha, +2 authors A. Bhatia
• Published 2004
• Medicine
• Diagnostic Cytopathology

This is a blinded, retrospective, correlative study of classification of leprosy by cytomorphology, clinical examination, and bacterial density. One hundred consecutive adequate aspirates from skin lesions of leprosy were studied. The Ridley‐Jopling (R‐J) five‐group classification system was used. May‐Gruenwald‐Giemsa (MGG) and Ziehl‐Neelsen (Z‐N) stains were employed. Complete clinical, cytological, and bacteriological concordance was found in 88 patients. One‐step mismatch in classification… Expand

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