Digital images in dermatology and the dermatology online atlas on the world wide web

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 782-787

  Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Eysenbach, Gunther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032453802     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02505.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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