The impact of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy on the diagnostic accuracy of lentigo maligna and equivocal pigmented and nonpigmented macules of the face

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2080-2091

  Guitera, Pascale ^a,f   Pellacani, Giovanni ^b   Crotty, Kerry A ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^c,d   Li, Ling Xi L ^c   Bassoli, Sara ^b   Vinceti, Marco ^b   Rabinovitz, Harold ^e   Longo, Caterina ^b   Menzies, Scott W ^a,f  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 77954762508     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.84     Document Type: Article

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