Selective femtosecond pulse-excitation of melanin fluorescence in tissue

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 629-630

  Hoffmann, Klaus ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Teuchner, Klaus ^b   Leupold, Dieter ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035053366     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.01288.x     Document Type: Letter

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