In vivo confocal microscopy in clinical practice: Comparison of bedside diagnostic accuracy of a trained physician and distant diagnosis of an expert reader

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Rao, Babar K ^a   Mateus, Rosa ^b   Wassef, Cindy ^c   Pellacani, Giovanni ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Rao Dermatology   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cutaneous lesions; noninvasive imaging; reflectance confocal microscopy; teledermatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECONSULTATION;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AK; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BCC; CUTANEOUS LESIONS; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; MM; NONINVASIVE IMAGING; RCM; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SCC; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SK; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TELEDERMATOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84888015404     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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