Dermoscopic patterns of melanoma: The good, the bad, and the gray

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Wang, S Q ^a   Scope, A ^a   Marghoob, A A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Melanoma, pathology; Skin

Indexed keywords

EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 34250804437     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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