Strategies for early melanoma detection: Approaches to the patient with nevi

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 719-735

  Gadeliya Goodson, Agnessa ^a   Grossman, Douglas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA; NEVUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 64749116494     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.10.065     Document Type: Review

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