Where is it? the utility of biopsy-site photography

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-202

  Ke, Malcolm ^a   Moul, Danielle ^b   Camouse, Melissa ^b   Avram, Mathew ^c   Carranza, Dafnis ^a   Soriano, Teresa ^a   Lask, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY SITE PHOTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SURGICAL ERROR; WRONG SITE SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76249097559     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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