In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy of equivocal melanocytic lesions detected by digital dermoscopy follow-up

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1918-1925

  Lovatto, L ^a   Carrera, C ^a,b,c   Salerni, G ^a   Alos L ^a,c   Malvehy, J ^a,b,c   Puig, S ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL FOLLOW UP; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84942295268     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.13067     Document Type: Article

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