Is dermoscopy (epiluminescence microscopy) useful for the diagnosis of melanoma? Results of a meta-analysis using techniques adapted to the evaluation of diagnostic tests

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1343-1350

  Bafounta, Marie Lise ^a   Beauchet, Alain ^a   Aegerter, Philippe ^a   Saiag, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034796143     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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