Reproducibility of a dermoscopic method (7FFM) for the diagnosis of malignant melanoma

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 110-114

  Benelli, Claudio ^a   Roscetti, Elena ^a   Dal Pozzo, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concordance; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLUE NEVUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS; NEVUS, BLUE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, INTRADERMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0033993729     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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