The use of the dermatoscope to identify early melanoma using the three-colour test

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 481-484

  MacKie, R M ^a   Fleming, C ^a   McMahon, A D ^b   Jarrett, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Melanoma; Pigmented lesions; Three colour test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036284093     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04587.x     Document Type: Article

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