Pitfalls in the clinical and dermoscopic diagnosis of pigmented actinic keratosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1071-1074

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a,c   Ferrara, Gerardo ^b   Leinweber, Bernd ^a   Mercogliano, Anna ^c   D'Ambrosio, Angela ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PIGMENTED ACTINIC KERATOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 27944449653     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.08.052     Document Type: Article

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