Total body skin imaging as an aid to melanoma detection

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-8

  Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY SKIN IMAGING;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038708484     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sder.2003.50000     Document Type: Review

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