Examination of lesions (including dermoscopy) without contact with the patient is associated with improper management in about 30% of equivocal melanomas

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-172

  Carli, Paolo ^a   Chiarugi, Alessandra ^a   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15044362962     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200502000-00009     Document Type: Article

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