The use of high-frequency ultrasound in the evaluation of superficial and nodular basal cell carcinomas

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1220-1227

  Desai, Tejas D ^a,b   Desai, Alpesh D ^a   Horowitz, David C ^a   Kartono, Francisca ^a   Wahl, Twalla ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NOTE; OPTICAL DENSITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING;

EID: 34848853024     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33257.x     Document Type: Article

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