Melanoma: Early diagnosis using in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-211

  Nobre Moura, F ^a   Dalle, S ^a   Depaepe, L ^a   Durupt, F ^a   Balme, B ^a   Thomas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951603475     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03898.x     Document Type: Letter

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