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How Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Works

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Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) represents a novel approach for the evaluation of the skin enabling the en-face visualization of the epidermis and superficial dermis at a nearly cellular-level resolution. This new diagnostic technique has several advantages because it is performed in vivo, it is a noninvasive, painless procedure that does not cause tissue damage.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Isabel Kolm & Ralph P. Braun

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  1. Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universitätsklinikum Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, Graz, 8036, Austria

    Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof

  2. Dipto. Dermatología, Università de Modena y Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, Modena, 41100, Italy

    Giovanni Pellacani

  3. Barcelona, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clínic i Provincial de, C/ Villarroel 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain

    Joseph Malvehy

  4. , Princess Alexandra Hospital, The University of Queensland School of, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, 4102, Queensland, Australia

    Hans Peter Soyer

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Kolm, I., Braun, R.P. (2012). How Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Works. In: Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Pellacani, G., Malvehy, J., Soyer, H. (eds) Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for Skin Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21997-9_2

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