Dermoscopic features of acral lentiginous melanoma in a large series of 110 cases in a white population

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 765-771

  Phan, A ^a   Dalle, S ^a   Touzet, S ^b   Ronger Savle S ^a   Balme, B ^a   Thomas, L ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Acral; Acral lentiginous melanoma; Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Nail

Indexed keywords

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT DISEASE; LIMB; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXTREMITIES; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949790740     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09594.x     Document Type: Article

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