Conventional and polarized dermoscopy features of dermatofibroma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1431-1437

  Agero, Anna Liza C ^a   Taliercio, Salvatore ^b   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Salaro, Cristina ^a   Chu, Paul ^c   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DERMOSCOPY; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33751254365     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.11.1431     Document Type: Article

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