Dermoscopy report: Proposal for standardization. Results of a consensus meeting of the International Dermoscopy Society

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-95

  Malvehy, Josep ^a   Puig, Susana ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^c   Soyer, H Peter ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34250176893     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.02.051     Document Type: Article

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