Morphologic Features of Melanophages Under In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy

Pascale Guitera; Ling-Xi L. Li; Richard A Scolyer; Scott W. Menzies

doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2009.388

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Observed differences in morphologic features should enable distinction between melanophages and melanocytes under RCM, thereby improving the accuracy of skin lesion diagnosis using this technique.

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