In vivo confocal microscopic pattern of fibroepithelioma of pinkus.
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Caterina Longo, MD, PhD; H. Peter Soyer, MD; Patrizia Pepe, MD; Alice Casari, MD; Elisabeth M. T. Wurm, MD; Pascale Guitera, MD; Giovanni Pellacani, MD; Dermatology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova (Drs Longo and Pellacani), and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Drs Longo, Pepe, Casari, and Pellacani), Reggio Emilia, Italy; The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia (Drs Soyer and Wurm); and Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Melanoma Institute, Sydney, Australia (Dr Guitera)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of dermatology
دوره 148 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012