Sensitivity in the clinical diagnosis of malignant melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 425-429

  Wolf, I H ^a   Smolle, J ^a   Soyer, H P ^a   Kerl, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Malignant melanoma; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMINESCENCE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031741529     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199810000-00007     Document Type: Article

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