Development of a two-step method for the diagnosis of melanoma by reflectance confocal microscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-229

  Segura, Sonia ^a,b   Puig, Susana ^a,c   Carrera, Cristina ^a   Palou, Josep ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; dermatoscopy, melanoma, reflectance confocal microscopy, skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650163841     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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