Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-121

  Braun, Ralph Peter ^a   Rabinovitz, Harold S ^b   Oliviero, Margaret ^b   Kopf, Alfred W ^c   Saurat, Jean Hilaire ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 11144343335     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2001.11.001     Document Type: Article

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