Improving management and patient care in lentigo maligna by mapping with in vivo confocal microscopy.

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Published in JAMA Dermatol on June 01, 2013

Authors

Pascale Guitera1, Fergal J Moloney, Scott W Menzies, Jonathan R Stretch, Michael J Quinn, Angela Hong, Gerald Fogarty, Richard A Scolyer

Author Affiliations

1: Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. pascale.guitera@melanoma.org.au

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