Ultrasound in dermatology: Principles and applications

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 478-487

  Kleinerman, Rebecca ^a   Whang, Talley B ^a   Bard, Robert L ^b   Marmur, Ellen S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

benign tumors; cosmetics; imaging; inflammatory disorders; liporeduction; skin cancer; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CELLULITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DERMIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MORPHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCLERODERMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84864999396     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.12.016     Document Type: Review

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