Dermatoscopy aids in the diagnosis of the solitary red scaly patch or plaque-features distinguishing superficial basal cell carcinoma, intraepidermal carcinoma, and psoriasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-274

  Pan, Yan ^a   Chamberlain, Alex J ^a   Bailey, Michael ^b   Chong, Alvin H ^c   Haskett, Martin ^a   Kelly, John W ^a  

^a Victorian Melanoma Service   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN STRUCTURE; TELANGIECTASIA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VICTORIA;

EID: 47049085415     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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