Characteristic epiluminescent microscopic features of early malignant melanoma on glabrous skin. A videomicroscopic analysis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 563-568

  Oguchi, Shinji ^a   Saida, Toshiaki ^a   Koganehira, Yoko ^a   Ohkubo, Sachiko ^a   Ishihara, Yasushi ^b   Kawachi, Shigeo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLABROUS SKIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031948935     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.5.563     Document Type: Article

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