In vivo assessment of melanocytic nests in nevi and melanomas by reflectance confocal microscopy

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 469-474

  Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Cesinaro, Anna Maria ^a   Seidenari, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Melanoma; Near infrared confocal microscopy; Spitz nevi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16444368102     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800330     Document Type: Article

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