Impact of dermoscopy on the clinical management of pigmented skin lesions

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 200-202

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

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SYMPTOM;

DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036285224     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(02)00234-1     Document Type: Article

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