Negative maple leaf like areas are more visible in sub-UV dermatoscopy – further applications and new perspectives.

Katarzyna Korecka; Adriana Polańska; Bengü Nisa Akay

doi:10.5826/dpc.160a7410

Negative maple leaf like areas are more visible in sub-UV dermatoscopy – further applications and new perspectives.

Authors

Katarzyna Korecka Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Adriana Polańska Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Bengü Nisa Akay Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Ankara, Turkey.

Keywords:

sub uv dermoscopy, basal cell carcinoma

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