Improvement of early recognition of lentigo maligna using dermatoscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Schiffner, Roman ^a   Schiffner Rohe, Julia ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Wlotzke, Uwe ^a   Cognetta, Armand B ^b   Stolz, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Dermatology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0033911371     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90005-7     Document Type: Article

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