In vivo diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma subtype by reflectance confocal microscopy

Dermatology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-262

  Peppelman, Malou ^a   Wolberink, Esther A W ^a   Blokx, Willeke A M ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter C M ^a   Van Erp, Piet E J ^a   Gerritsen, Marie Jeanne P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Histology; Imaging; Reflectance confocal microscopy; Skin tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELASTOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIPHERAL PALISADE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR NEST; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84890127658     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354762     Document Type: Article

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