Blue hue in the dermoscopy setting: Homogeneous blue pigmentation, gray-blue area, and/or whitish blue veil?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 965-967

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Massi, Daniela ^a   Trez, Elisa ^a   Salvini, Camilla ^a   Quercioli, Elena ^a   Carli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042235161     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29260.x     Document Type: Article

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