Entodermoscopy: A new tool for diagnosing skin infections and infestations

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-23

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Giacomel, Jason ^b   Cabo, Horacio ^c   Di Stefani, Alessandro ^d   Ferrara, Gerardo ^e   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Malvehy, Joseph ^g   Puig, Susana ^g   Stolz, Wilhelm ^h   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Mends St Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^h Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Human parasites; Skin infection; Skin infestation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTODERMOSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LARVA MIGRANS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MYCOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANIS CAPITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC PEDICULOSIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN INFECTION; SPIDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINEA NIGRA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNGIASIS; VERRUCA GENITALIS; VERRUCA PALMARIS; VERRUCA PLANTARIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; DERMATOLOGY; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 36349011939     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109353     Document Type: Review

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