The importance of early diagnosis and treatment of actinic keratosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Rigel, Darrell S ^a   Stein Gold, Linda F ^b   Zografos, Panagiotis ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LEO Pharma Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

actinic keratosis; field cancerization; genetic mutations; immunosuppression; p53; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RISK; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DERMOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84870878749     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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