High magnification digital dermoscopy of basal cell carcinoma: A single-centre study on 400 cases

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 677-682

  Seidenari, Stefania ^a   Bellucci, Claudia ^a   Bassoli, Sara ^a   Arginelli, Federica ^a   Magnoni, Cristina ^a   Ponti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Dermoscopy; Histopathological subtypes; Light brown nests; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EROSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN ULCER; TELANGIECTASIA; TRUNK; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84907982518     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1808     Document Type: Article

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