The significance of multiple blue-grey dots (granularity) for the dermoscopic diagnosis of melanoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 907-913

  Braun, R P ^d   Gaide, O ^a   Oliviero, M ^b   Kopf, A W ^c   French, L E ^d   Saurat, J H ^a   Rabinovitz, H S ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Dots; Melanoma; Naevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE BLUE GREY DOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 35348928899     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08145.x     Document Type: Article

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