In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy in a typical case of melasma Microscopia confocal reflectante in vivo em um caso típico de melasma

• Main Authors: Mariana Carvalho Costa (Author), Hernando Vega Eljaiek (Author), Leonardo Spagnol Abraham (Author), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Author), Marco Ardigo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Melasma is a common disorder of hypermelanosis that affects mainly young and middle-aged women of Fitzpatrick's phototypes III-V. The disease significantly impacts their lives. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy, a spreading technology for the noninvasive evaluation of the skin up to the p...