The furrow ink test: A clue for the dermoscopic diagnosis of acral melanoma vs nevus

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1618-1620

  Braun, Ralph Peter ^a   Thomas, Luc ^b   Kolm, Isabel ^a   French, Lars E ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INK;

ARTICLE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FURROW INK TEST; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; POROKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TEST; STAINING;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INK; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58049200517     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.12.1618     Document Type: Article

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