The ABC rule for clinical detection of subungual melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 269-274

  Levit, Eyal K ^a,b   Kagen, Mark H ^a   Scher, Richard K ^a   Grossman, Marc ^a   Altman, Emily ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0033930330     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90137-3     Document Type: Review

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