Reproducibility of the clinical criteria (ABCDE rule) and dermatoscopic features (7FFM) for the diagnosis of malignant melanoma

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 234-239

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concordance; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence; Melanoma; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION TREES; DERMATOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035019159     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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