High-resolution color-Doppler ultrasound for the study of skin growths

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 307, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 559-566

  Scotto di Santolo, Maria ^a   Sagnelli, Marco ^a   Mancini, Marcello ^b   Scalvenzi, Massimiliano ^a   Delfino, Mario ^a   Schonauer, Fabrizio ^a   Molea, Guido ^a   Ayala, Fabio ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breslow index; Color Doppler; High resolution ultrasound; Melanoma; Skin lesions; Skin ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; B SCAN; BRESLOW INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GROWTH; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943699097     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-015-1538-2     Document Type: Article

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