Use of a spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis device in the real-time diagnosis of melanoma [13]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 420-422

  Hall, P N ^a   Hunter, J E ^a   Walter, F M ^b   Norris, P ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Melanoma screening; Pigmented skin lesion; SIAscope; Spectrophotometric detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIASCOPE; SIASCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MELANOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 38349095842     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08324.x     Document Type: Letter

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