Editor’s Choice Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography of Normal Skin and Inflammatory Dermatologic Conditions

In clinical dermatology, the identification of subsurface vascular and structural features known to be associated with numerous cutaneous pathologies remains challenging without the use of invasive diagnostic tools.

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