In vivo real-time confocal reflectance microscopy: A noninvasive guide for Mohs micrographic surgery facilitated by aluminum chloride, an excellent contrast enhancer

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 839-846

  Tannous, Zeina ^a,b   Torres, Abel ^b   González, Salvador ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL REFLECTANCE MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHLORIDES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0041663887     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29219.x     Document Type: Article

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