Histopathologic recognition of involved margins of lentigo maligna excised by staged excision an interobserver comparison study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 595-604

  Florell, Scott R ^a   Boucher, Kenneth M ^b   Leachman, Sancy A ^a,b   Azmi, Farrukh ^c,e   Harris, Ronald M ^a   Malone, Janine C ^c,f   Martignoni, Guido ^d   Bowen, Glen M ^a,b   Gerwels, John W ^a   Hood, Antoinette F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037954290     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.5.595     Document Type: Article

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