Dermoscopy, confocal microscopy and other non-invasive tools for the diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancers and other skin conditions

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 97, Issue , 2017, Pages 22-30

  Malvehy, Josep ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Basal cell carcinoma; Confocal microscopy; Dermoscopy; Non invasive technology; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 85027408221     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2720     Document Type: Article

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