Reflectance confocal microscopy for in vivo skin imaging

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1421-1430

  Calzavara Pinton, Piergiacomo ^a   Longo, Caterina ^b   Venturini, Marina ^a   Sala, Raffaella ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55649119322     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Review

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