In vivo optical properties of melanocytic skin lesions: Common nevi, dysplastic nevi and malignant melanoma

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 236-240

  Zonios, George ^a   Dimou, Aikaterini ^a   Carrara, Mauro ^b   Marchesini, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 73649114563     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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