Nonmelanocytic lesions defying the two-step dermoscopy algorithm

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1398-1406

  Scope, Alon ^a   Benvenuto Andrade, Cristiane ^a   Agero, Anna Liza C ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LENTIGO; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; POLYTHELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN METASTASIS;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750622831     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32312.x     Document Type: Article

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