Teledermatoscopy as a triage system for pigmented lesions: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Moreno Ramirez, D ^a   Ferrandiz, L ^a   Galdeano, R ^b   Camacho, F M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33646107183     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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