Digital epiluminescence dermoscopy for pigmented cutaneous lesions, primary care physicians, and telediagnosis: a useful tool?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1054-1058

  Grimaldi, Luca ^a   Silvestri, Alessandro ^a   Brandi, Cesare ^a   Nisi, Giuseppe ^a   Brafa, Anna ^a   Calabrò, Massimiliano ^a   Campa, Alessandra ^a   D'Aniello, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital epiluminescence dermoscopy; Melanoma; Pigmented lesions; Primary care physicians; Telediagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DERMOSCOPY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 67650094274     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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