Classification and prevalence of pigmented lesions in patients with total-body photographs at high risk of developing melanoma

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Menon, Kavita ^a   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a   Nehal, Kishwer S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447516727     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2006.00024     Document Type: Article

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