Clinical Diagnosis of Pigmented Lesions Using Digital Epiluminescence Microscopy: Grading Protocol and Atlas

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 157-174

  Kenet, Robert O ^a   Kang, Sewon ^b,d   Kenet, Barney J ^c   Fitzpatrick, Thomas B ^b   Sober, Arthur J ^b   Barnhill, Raymond L ^b,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ATLASES; COLOR; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; EPIDERMIS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KERATINOCYTES; LENTIGO; LUMINESCENCE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PIGMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0027396916     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1993.01680230041005     Document Type: Article

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