Diagnostic applicability of in vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy in melanocytic skin tumors

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-498

  Gerger, Armin ^a   Koller, Silvia ^a   Kern, Thomas ^a   Massone, Cesare ^a   Steiger, Karin ^a   Richtig, Erika ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Morphology; Non invasive imaging; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

EID: 15044349716     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23569.x     Document Type: Review

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