Melanocytic skin lesions and pregnancy: Digital dermoscopy analysis

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-147

  Rubegni, Pietro ^a   Sbano, Paolo ^a   Burroni, Marco ^a   Cevenini, Gabriele ^a   Bocchi, Caterina ^a   Severi, Filiberto Maria ^a   Risulo, Massimiliano ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a   Dell'eva, Giordana ^a   Fimiani, Michele ^a   Andreassi, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Digital; Digital dermoscopy analysis; Melanoma; Nevus; Pegnancy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); DERMATITIS; OBSTETRICS; SKIN; TUMORS;

DERMOSCOPY; DIGITAL DERMOSCOPY ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS (PSL);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENTROPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; VARIANCE;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947359336     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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