Pigmented basal cell carcinoma - Comparing the diagnostic methods of SIAscopy and dermoscopy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-242

  Terstappen, Karin ^a   Larkö, Olle ^b   Wennberg, Ann Marie ^b  

^a Kärnsjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Melanoma; Pigmented basal cell carcinoma; SIAscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC INTRACUTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; TELANGIECTASIA;

COLLAGEN; MELANIN;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COLLAGEN; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANINS; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 34447500688     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0234     Document Type: Article

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