Dermoscopy: Basic concepts

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 712-719

  Campos do Carmo, Gabriella ^a,b   Ramos e Silva, Marcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Botafogo Medical Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANAMNESIS; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NOMENCLATURE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DERMATOLOGY; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 47749110180     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03556.x     Document Type: Review

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