Reflectance confocal microscopy allows in vivo real-time noninvasive assessment of the outcome of methyl aminolaevulinate photodynamic therapy of basal cell carcinoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Venturini, Marina ^a   Sala, R ^a   Gonzalez S ^b   Calzavara Pinton, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872876285     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12052     Document Type: Article

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