Seborrheic keratosis or verruca plana? A pilot study with confocal laser scanning microscopy

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 408-412

  Liu, Huaxu ^a   Chen, Shengli ^a   Zhang, Furen ^a   Shi, Benqing ^a   Shi, Zhongxiang ^a   Zhang, Dizhan ^a   Yu, Meiling ^a   Tian, Hongqing ^a   Yang, Baoqi ^a  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CLSM; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Seborrheic keratosis; Verruca plana

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CLSM; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS; PILOT STUDIES; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; VERRUCA PLANA;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; SCANNING;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VERRUCA PLANA JUVENILIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; WARTS;

EID: 78650496869     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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