Current technologies for the in vivo diagnosis of cutaneous melanomas

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-222

  Wang, Steven Q ^a   Rabinovitz, Harold ^b,c   Kopf, Alfred W ^d   Oliviero, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 3242731230     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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