New Directions in Dermatopathology. In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Clinical Practice.

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 799-814

  Longo, Caterina ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vivo confocal microscopy; Infectious diseases; Inflammatory diseases; Skin tumors

Indexed keywords

CHLOASMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEMODICOSIS; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; LICHEN PLANUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MELANOCYTIC TUMOR; MYCOSIS; NONMELANOMA SKIN TUMOR; PAPILLARY DERMIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SPONGIOTIC DERMATITIS; SYPHILIS; VITILIGO;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84866782860     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2012.06.012     Document Type: Review

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