Rapid diagnosis of two facial papules using Ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy: Toward a rapid bedside pathology

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1548-1551

  Bennássar, Antoni ^a   Vilalta, Antonio ^a   Carrera, Cristina ^a   Puig, Susana ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MODE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MICROSCOPE; PAPULE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NOSE NEOPLASMS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866423032     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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