Ultrasonographic staging of cutaneous malignant tumors: An ultrasonographic depth index

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-313

  Crisan, Maria ^a   Crisan, Diana ^a   Sannino, Gianpaolo ^b   Lupsor, Monica ^a   Badea, Radu ^a   Amzica, Florin ^c  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breslow index; Skin cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEPTH INDEX;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885006967     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-013-1321-1     Document Type: Article

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