Clinical applicability of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy in dermatology

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-178

  Ulrich, M ^a   Lange Asschenfeldt, S ^a   Gonzalez, S ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, basal cell; Carcinoma, squamous cell; Diagnosis; Melanoma; Psoriasis; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOLOGY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LICHEN PLANUS; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PSORIASIS; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 84861306846     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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