The impact of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for the diagnostic accuracy of melanoma and equivocal melanocytic lesions

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2759-2765

  Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Guitera, Pascale ^b   Longo, Caterina ^a   Avramidis, Michelle ^b   Seidenari, Stefania ^a   Menzies, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 36248978106     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700993     Document Type: Article

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