Principles of dermatoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-20

  Stolz, Wilhelm ^a   Semmelmayer, U ^b   Johow, K ^b   Burgdorf, Walter H C ^b  

^a Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038708482     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sder.2003.50001     Document Type: Review

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