Proposal for a revised 2-step algorithm for the classification of lesions of the skin using dermoscopy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-428

  Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Braun, Ralph ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOMA; ALGORITHM; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951049458     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.41     Document Type: Note

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