Transillumination as a means to differentiate melanocytic lesions based on their vascularity

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1060-1062

  Terushkin, Vitaly ^b   Dusza, Stephen W ^b   Mullani, Nizar A ^b   Duvic, Madeleine ^b   Zouridakis, George ^b   Weinstock, Martin ^b   Drugge, Rhett ^b   Prieto, Victor G ^b   Dhawan, Atam ^b   Terry, Claire ^b   Talpur, Rakhshandra ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; MELANIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CHROMATOPHORE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; PHYSICIAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349319989     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.191     Document Type: Article

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