Factors leading to the biopsy of 1547 pigmented lesions at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2005

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1053-1056

  Soares, Temitope F ^a   Laman, Susan D ^a   Yiannias, James A ^a   Connolly, Suzanne M ^a   Lim, Katherine K ^a   Wu, Qing ^a   Swanson, David L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349492356     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04137.x     Document Type: Article

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