Dermoscopy: The pattern analysis

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-268

  Rezze, Gisele Gargantini ^a,b,d   De Sá, Bianca Costa Soares ^a,b   Neves, Rogério Izar ^b,c  

^a Fundação Antonio Prudente   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Rua Barata Ribeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermatology methods; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis differential; Diagnostic imaging methods; Melanoma diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPE; MORBIDITY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 34248633362     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962006000300009     Document Type: Review

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