Accuracy of SIAscopy for pigmented skin lesions encountered in primary care: Development and validation of a new diagnostic algorithm

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Emery, Jon D ^a,e   Hunter, Judith ^b,c   Hall, Per N ^b   Watson, Anthony J ^a   Moncrieff, Marc ^d   Walter, Fiona M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CENTER; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PAPILLOMA; PRIMARY CARE SCORING ALGORITHM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; STANDARD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956909626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-10-9     Document Type: Article

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