Morphologic changes of pigmented skin lesions: A useful extension of the ABCD rule for dermatoscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 558-562

  Kittler, H ^a   Seltenheim, M ^a   Dawid, M ^a   Pehamberger, H ^a   Wolff, K ^a   Binder, M ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0033030455     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(99)70437-8     Document Type: Article

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