In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy of erythematosquamous skin diseases

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 536-540

  Koller, Silvia ^a   Gerger, Armin ^a   Ahlgrimm Siess, Verena ^a   Weger, Wolfgang ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Lupus erythematosus; Mycosis fungoides; Psoriasis; Reflectance confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PSORIASIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66149132277     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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