Discordance in the histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma and melanocytic nevi between expert pathologists

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 528-531

  Farmer, Evan R ^a   Gonin, René ^b   Hanna, Mark P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cohen's ; human; melanoma; nevus; observer variation; pathology; reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029948499     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90157-4     Document Type: Article

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