The accuracy of clinical diagnosis of suspected premalignant and malignant skin lesions in renal transplant recipients

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 436-438

  Cooper, S M ^a,b   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ChurchillHospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036408897     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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