Non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of actinic cheilitis with reflectance confocal microscopy

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-284

  Ulrich, M ^a   Gonzalez S ^b,c   Lange Asschenfeldt, B ^a   Roewert Huber, J ^a   Sterry, W ^a   Stockfleth, E ^a   Astner, S ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

actinic cheilitis; confocal microscopy; diagnosis; Diclofenac; monitoring; treatment

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; HYALURONIC ACID;

ACTINIC CHEILITIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOPSY; CHEILITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79751519603     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03777.x     Document Type: Article

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