Statistical evaluation of epiluminescence microscopy criteria in the differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma and pigmented basal cell carcinoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-311

  Puspok Schwarz M ^a   Steiner, A ^a   Binder, M ^a   Partsch, B ^a   Wolff, K ^a   Pehamberger, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Epiluminescence microscopy; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMINESCENCE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0030770642     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199708000-00005     Document Type: Article

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