Limitations of dermoscopy in the recognition of melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-160

  Skvara, Hans ^a   Teban, Ligia ^a   Fiebiger, Manfred ^b   Binder, Michael ^a   Kittler, Harald ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b Emco Privatklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444303882     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.2.155     Document Type: Article

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