Melanomas that failed dermoscopic detection: A combined clinicodermoscopic approach for not missing melanoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1262-1273

  Puig, Susana ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b   Zalaudek, Iris ^b,c   Ferrara, Gerardo ^d   Palou, Jose ^b   Massi, Daniela ^e   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^c   Soyer, H Peter ^c   Malvehy, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRIA; CHILD; DECISION TREES; DERMOSCOPY; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPAIN;

EID: 34848913194     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33264.x     Document Type: Article

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