Dermoscopy-The Ultimate Tool for Melanoma Diagnosis

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-148

  Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Ferrara, Gerardo ^b   Francione, Sabrina ^a   Nola, Karin Di ^a   Martino, Antonia ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; REVIEW;

DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349275858     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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