Dermoscopy: A review

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 641-646

  Grin, Caron M ^a   Friedman, Kent P ^a   Grant Kels, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036788350     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(02)00035-9     Document Type: Review

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