Follow-up of actinic keratoses after shave biopsy by in-vivo reflectance confocal microscopy - A pilot study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-298

  Richtig, E ^a   Ahlgrimm Siess, V ^a   Koller, S ^a   Gerger, A ^b   Horn, M ^a   Smolle, J ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie und Venerologie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Confocal scanning laser microscopy; Non invasive follow up; Reflectance confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; KERATOSIS; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; STRATUM CORNEUM; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76349093854     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03410.x     Document Type: Article

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