Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 270-276

  Soyer, H Peter ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b   Chimenti, Sergio ^c   Ruocco, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Incident light microscopy; Melanoma; Pigmented skin lesions; Skin surface microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMEDO; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSTRUMENT; MICROSCOPE; REVIEW; SKIN CYST; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035008616     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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