In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy detects pigmentary changes in melasma at a cellular level resolution

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kang, Hee Young ^a   Bahadoran, Philippe ^b   Suzuki, Itaru ^c   Zugaj, Didier ^c   Khemis, Abdallah ^b   Passeron, Thierry ^b   Andres, Philippe ^c   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c Galderma R and D   (France)

Author keywords

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM); Melanin; Melasma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 77954849534     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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