Dermoscopic patterns of cutaneous melanoma metastases

Melanoma Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-373

  Bono, Riccardo ^a   Giampetruzzi, Anna R ^a   Concolino, Francesco ^a   Puddu, Pietro ^a   Scoppola, Alessandro ^a   Sera, Francesco ^a   Marchetti, Paolo ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma metastases; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEVUS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7244233028     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200410000-00006     Document Type: Article

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