Dermoscopy of pigmented seborrheic keratosis: A morphological study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1556-1560

  Braun, Ralph Peter ^a   Rabinovitz, Harold S ^b   Krischer, Joachim ^a   Kreusch, Jürgen ^d   Oliviero, Margaret ^b   Naldi, Luigi ^a   Kopf, Alfred W ^c   Saurat, Jean H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS;

EID: 0036899451     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.12.1556     Document Type: Article

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