Ex vivo dermoscopy of melanocytic tumors: Time for dermatopathologists to learn dermoscopy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1548-1552

  Scope, Alon ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^b   Puig, Susana ^b   McClain, Steve A ^c   Braun, Ralph P ^d   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN TUMOR; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 37249004403     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.12.1548     Document Type: Article

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