The relationship between biopsy technique and uncertainty in the histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Pariser, Robert J ^a   Divers, Allison ^a   Nassar, Ahmed ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444325056     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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