Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of skin lesions

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 661-668

  Heal, C F ^a   Raasch, B A ^a,b   Buettner, P G ^a   Weedon, D ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cutaneous melanoma; Diagnostic accuracy; Seborrhoeic keratosis; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49749084759     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08715.x     Document Type: Article

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