ABCDE - An evolving concept in the early detection of melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1032-1034

  Rigel, Darrell S ^a   Friedman, Robert J ^a   Kopf, Alfred W ^a   Polsky, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; ALGORITHM; NOTE; SKIN TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24044498349     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.8.1032     Document Type: Editorial

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