Dermoscopy in black people

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 695-699

  De Giorgi, V ^a   Trez, E ^b   Salvini, C ^a   Duquia, R ^b   De Villa, D ^b   Sestini, S ^a   Gervini, R ^b   Lotti, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Black skin; Dermoscopy; Early diagnosis; Epiluminescence microscopy; Pigmented lesion

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33748457139     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07415.x     Document Type: Article

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