The problem of false-positive diagnosis in melanoma screening: The impact of dermoscopy

Melanoma Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-182

  Carli, Paolo ^a   Mannone, Francesca ^a   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Nardini, Paolo ^a   Chiarugi, Alessandra ^a   Giannotti, Benvenuto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Epiluminescence microscopy; False positive; Melanoma; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038580763     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200304000-00011     Document Type: Article

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