Inflammatory Linear Verrucous Epidermal Nevus Assessment With in Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: An Easy Option to Consider

Citation: Gualdi G, Ariasi C, Amerio P, Galdo G, Calzavara-Pinton P, Licata G. Inflammatory Linear Verrucous Epidermal Nevus Assessment With in Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: An Easy Option to Consider. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2023;13(2):e2023107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1302a107

Accepted: October 21, 2023; Published: April 2023

Copyright: ©2023 Gualdi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (BY-NC-4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.

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Authorship: All authors have contributed significantly to this publication.

Corresponding author: Gaetano Licata, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy. Phone: +393276215976 E-mail gaetano.licata89@gmail.com

Abstract

Keywords : inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus, confocal microcopy, child, non-invasive technology

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