Evaluation of dermoscopic and histopathologic features and their correlations in pigmented basal cell carcinomas

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 916-920

  Demirtasoglu M ^a   Ilknur, T ^a   Lebe, B ^a   Kusku E ^a   Akarsu, S ^a   Özkan, Şebnem ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Histopathologic counterpart; Pigmented basal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA; TELANGIECTASIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747347235     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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