Dynamic markers based on blood perfusion fluctuations for selecting skin melanocytic lesions for biopsy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lancaster, Gemma ^a   Stefanovska, Aneta ^a   Pesce, Margherita ^b   Marco Vezzoni, Gian ^b   Loggini, Barbara ^c   Pingitore, Raffaele ^b   Ghiara, Fabrizio ^d   Barachini, Paolo ^b   Cervadoro, Gregorio ^b   Romanelli, Marco ^b   Rossi, Marco ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana   (Italy)

^d Universities Hospitals of Pisa   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PROGNOSIS;

BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84938929386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12825     Document Type: Article

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