In vivo confocal microscopy for detection and grading of dysplastic nevi: A pilot study

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Pellacani, Giovanni ^a,b,e   Farnetani, Francesca ^a,e   Gonzalez, Salvador ^c,e   Longo, Caterina ^b,e   Cesinaro, Anna Maria ^a,e   Casari, Alice ^a,e   Beretti, Francesca ^a,e   Seidenari, Stefania ^a,e   Gill, Melissa ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d PLLC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

diagnosis; Duke criteria; dysplastic nevus; histopathology; in vivo confocal microscopy; melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; DERMATOLOGY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASM GRADING; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857454605     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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