Pigmented lesions clinic for early detection of melanoma: Preliminary results

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 708-712

  Nathansohn, Nir ^a   Orenstein, Arie ^a   Trau, Henri ^a   Liran, Alon ^a   Schachter, Jacob ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Multimode photography; Nevi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED NEVUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748957802     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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