Reevaluation of the ABCD rule for epiluminescence microscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 171-176

  Binder, M ^a   Kittler, H ^a   Steiner, A ^a   Dawid, M ^a   Pehamberger, H ^a   Wolff, K ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LENTIGINOSIS; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; NEVUS CELL; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033004418     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(99)70184-2     Document Type: Article

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