Modified dermoscopic algorithm for the differentiation between melanocytic and nonmelanocytic skin tumors

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-78

  Blum, Andreas ^a   Clemens, Jennifer ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35748933228     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2006.00021     Document Type: Article

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