Application of a pigment measuring device - Mexameter® - for the differential diagnosis of vitiligo and nevus depigmentosus

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-302

  Park, Eun Sang ^a,b   Na, Jung Im ^a,b   Kim, Seon Ok ^b   Huh, Chang Hun ^a,b   Youn, Sang Woong ^a,b   Park, Kyoung Chan ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mexameter ; Nevus depigmentosus; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

NEVUS DEPIGMENTOSUS; PIGMENT MEASURING DEVICE; RELATIVE MELANIN INDEX (RMI); SKIN LESIONS; VITILIGO;

COLORIMETERS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES;

SKIN;

MELANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 33749455127     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-752X.2006.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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