No clinical benefit of preoperative fluorescence diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma localized in the H-zone of the face

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1370-1376

  Wetzig, T ^a   Kendler, M ^a   Maschke, J ^a   Paasch, U ^a   Simon, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminolaevulinic acid; Autofluorescence; Basal cell carcinoma; Fluorescence diagnosis; Protoporphyrin IX

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952740198     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09666.x     Document Type: Article

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