Clinically equivocal melanocytic skin lesions with features of regression: A dermoscopic - Pathological study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-71

  Zalaudek, I ^a   Argenziano, G ^b   Ferrara, G ^c   Soyer, H P ^a   Corona, R ^d   Sera, F ^d   Cerroni, L ^a   Carbone, A ^e   Chiominto, A ^f   Cicale, L ^b   De Rosa, G ^g   Ferrari, A ^h   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^a   Malvehy, J ⁱ   Peris, K ^g   Pizzichetta, M A ^e   Puig, S ⁱ   Scalvenzi, M ^g   Staibano, S ^g   Ruocco, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^f SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Melanocytic naevus; Melanoma; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITALY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10744223712     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05657.x     Document Type: Review

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