First prospective study of the recognition process of melanoma in dermatological practice

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 434-438

  Gachon, Julie ^a   Beaulieu, Philippe ^c   Sei, Jean Francois ^c   Gouvernet, Johanny ^b   Claudel, Jean Paul ^c   Lemaitre, Michel ^c   Richard, Marie Aleth ^a   Grob, Jean Jacques ^a,d  

^a Lab d'Invest Maladies de La Peau   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Fed Francaise Form Continue D   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEVUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17444385895     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.4.434     Document Type: Review

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