Malignant melanoma - Clinical diagnostic techniques

Cutis

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 379-388

  Cather, Jennifer Clay ^a   Nelson, Bruce R ^a   Duvic, Madeleine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033257863     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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