Quinacrine skin discoloration is associated with fluorescence of "Y" chromosome in male cells and malarial parasites in malaria
Lewin, P.K.
Pediatrics 70(6): 1015-1016
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4005 PMID: 7145533 Document Number: 196938
Examination of blood smears from a Nigerian adult male with malaria who had yellow skin discolouration due to quinacrine, revealed quinacrine fluorescence of Y chromosomes in white cells and of malarial parasites in red cells.
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