Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions: Results of a consensus meeting via the internet

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 679-693

  Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^b   Chimenti, Sergio ^c   Talamini, Renato ^af   Corona, Rosamaria ^af   Sera, Francesco ^af   Binder, Michael ^d   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^b   De Rosa, Gaetano ^r   Ferrara, Gerardo ^af   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^b   Landthaler, Michael ^e   Menzies, Scott W ^x   Pehamberger, Hubert ^d   Piccolo, Domenico ^f   Rabinovitz, Harold S ^y   Schiffner, Roman ^e   Staibano, Stefania ^r   Stolz, Wilhelm ^e   Bartenjev, Igor ^g   Blum, Andreas ^h   Braun, Ralph ⁱ   Cabo, Horacio ^j   Carli, Paolo ^k   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^k   Fleming, Matthew G ^l   Grichnik, James M ^z   Grin, Caron M ^m   Halpern, Allan C ^aa   Johr, Robert ^ab   Katz, Brian ^af   Kenet, Robert O ^ac   Kittler, Harald ^d   Kreusch, Jürgen ⁿ   Malvehy, Josep ^o   Mazzocchetti, Giampiero ^af   Oliviero, Margaret ^y   Özdemir, Fezal ^af   Peris, Ketty ^f   Perotti, Roberto ^p   Perusquia, Ana ^af   Pizzichetta, Maria Antonietta ^af   Puig, Susana ^o   Rao, Babar ^ad   Rubegni, Pietro ^p   Saida, Toshiaki ^q   Scalvenzi, Massimiliano ^r   Seidenari, Stefania ^s   Stanganelli, Ignazio ^ae   Tanaka, Masaru ^t   Westerhoff, Karin ^u   Wolf, Ingrid H ^b   Braun Falco, Otto ^v   Kerl, Helmut ^b   Nishikawa, Takeji ^t   Wolff, Klaus ^d   Kopf, Alfred W ^w   more..

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^l MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^q SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^t KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^u Skövde Hospital   (Sweden)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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

^x UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

^z DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^aa MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^ac WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^ad ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^ae Ravenna Hospital   (Italy)

^af Ravenna Hospital ^*

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 0038284723     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.281     Document Type: Article

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