A sensitivity and specificity analysis of the surface microscopy features of invasive melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Menzies, S W ^a   Ingvar, C ^b   McCarthy, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Melanoma; Surface microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PIGMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030024955     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199602000-00008     Document Type: Article

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