Dermoscopy of superficial spreading melanoma

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-60

  Obieta, M P ^a   Braun, R P ^b   Scope, A ^a   Rabinovitz, H ^c   Marghoob, A A ^a,d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d Outpatient Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Malanoma, therapy; Melanoma, diagnosis

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; REVIEW; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA;

EID: 66549090065     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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