Correlation of dermoscopic globule-like structures of dermatofibroma using reflectance confocal microscopy [1]

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-82

  Scope, Alon ^a   Ardigo, Marco ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatofibroma; Dermoscopy; Reflectance confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 36349013202     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109364     Document Type: Letter

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