Characterization of benign and malignant melanocytic skin lesions using optical coherence tomography in vivo

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 629-637

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Regeniter, Philipp ^a   Bechara, Falk G ^a   Orlikov, Alexej ^a   Vasa, Remus ^a   Moussa, Georg ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34548539849     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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