Is confocal microscopy a valuable tool in diagnosing nodular lesions? A study of 140 cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Longo, C ^a   Farnetani, F ^b   Ciardo, S ^b   Cesinaro, A M ^b   Moscarella, E ^a,b   Ponti, G ^b   Zalaudek, I ^a,c   Argenziano, G ^a   Pellacani, G ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA METASTASIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR LESION; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879929973     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12259     Document Type: Article

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