Frequency and morphologic characteristics of invasive melanomas lacking specific surface microscopic features

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1178-1182

  Menzies, Scott W ^a,c   Ingvar, Christian ^b   Crotty, Kerry A ^a   McCarthy, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0029853474     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.10.1178     Document Type: Article

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