Dermoscopy allows better management of nail pigmentation

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1369-1370

  Tosti, Antonella ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLEEDING; COLOR; CUTICLE; EDITORIAL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL PIGMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036792802     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.10.1369     Document Type: Editorial

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