Clinical and dermatoscopic diagnosis of small pigmented skin lesions

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-576

  Bono, Aldo ^a   Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Baldi, Marzia ^a   Tomatis, Stefano ^a   Bifulco, Carlo ^a   Santinami, Mario ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Small pigmented lesions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036860957     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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