Short-term digital surface microscopic monitoring of atypical or changing melanocytic lesions

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1583-1589

  Menzies, Scott W ^a,c   Gutenev, Alex ^b   Avramidis, Michelle ^a   Batrac, Andrew ^b   McCarthy, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Polartechnics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0035665213     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.137.12.1583     Document Type: Article

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