Melanoma excision by general practitioners in North-East Thames region, England

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 412-417

  Khorshid, S M ^a   Pinney, E ^b   Newton Bishop, J A ^c  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ICRF ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031943457     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02116.x     Document Type: Article

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