Inter- and intra-variability of pigmented skin lesions: Could the ABCD rule be influenced by host characteristics?

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Burroni, Marco ^a   Dell'Eva, Giordana ^b   Corona, Rosamaria ^c   Sera, Francesco ^c   Bono, Riccardo ^c   Sbano, Paolo ^a   Andreassi, Lucio ^a   Rubegni, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Italian Cancer League   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital dermatoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Melanoma; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 4043121763     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2004.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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