Dermoscopy key points: Recommendations from the international dermoscopy society

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-5

  Bowling, J ^a,b   Argenziano, G ^a   Azenha, A ^a   Bandic, J ^a   Bergman, R ^a   Blum, A ^a   Cabo, H ^a   Di Stephani, A ^a   Grichnik, J ^a   Halpern, A ^a   Hofman Wellenhof, R ^a   Johr, R ^a   Kittler, H ^a   Kopf, A ^a   Kreusch, J ^a   Langford, D ^a   Malvehy, J ^a   Marghoob, A ^a   Menzies, S ^a   Ozdemir, F ^a   Peris, K ^a   Piccolo, D ^a   Pizzichetta, M A ^a   Polsky, D ^a   Puig, S ^a   Rabinovitz, H ^a   Rubegni, P ^a   Saida, T ^a   Scalvenzi, M ^a   Seidenari, S ^a   Soyer, H P ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Zalaudek, I ^a   Braun, R P ^a   more..

^a International Dermoscopy Society ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

DERMATOLOGY; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845918423     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096904     Document Type: Editorial

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