The diagnostic yield of histologic examination of seborrheic keratoses

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1417-1420

  Eads, Thomas J ^a   Hood, Antoinette F ^a,b   Chuang, Tsu Yi ^a   Faust, Holly B ^a   Farmer, Evan R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0030694707     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.11.1417     Document Type: Article

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