Reflectance confocal microscopy accurately discriminates between benign and malignant melanocytic lesions exhibiting a 'dermoscopic island'

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Debarbieux, S ^a   Depaepe, L ^b   Poulalhon, N ^a   Balme, B ^b   Dalle, S ^a   Thomas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872680688     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04533.x     Document Type: Article

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