Agreement between histological diagnosis of skin lesions by histopathologists and a dermato-histopathologist

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1366-1369

  Heal, Clare ^a   Weedon, David ^b   Raasch, Beverly ^c   Hill, Brendan ^a   Buettner, Petra ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 71049122394     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04185.x     Document Type: Article

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