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Sexually Transmitted Disease

Research from N. Bathish and co-researchers in the area of sexually transmitted disease described

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 22nd, 2010

"This study was performed to determine whether serial vertical sectioning of scalp biopsies increases the histological diagnostic yield in alopecias. The study group included 100 consecutively referred patients with scalp alopecias," scientists in Haifa, Israel report.

"The formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens of the scalp alopecias were completely serially sectioned in a vertical orientation and stained with haematoxylin and eosin. The histological diagnosis rendered in the initial slide harbouring three to six sections was compared with the diagnosis in the following vertical serial sections (30-116 serial sections per specimen, mean 53). A total of 55 scalp...

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