Confocal scanning laser microscopy of benign and malignant melanocytic skin lesions in vivo

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 365-376

  Langley, Richard G B ^a   Rajadhyaksha, Milind ^a   Dwyer, Peter J ^a   Sober, Arthur J ^a   Flotte, Thomas J ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0034872674     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2001.117395     Document Type: Article

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