Reliability and inter-observer agreement of dermoscopic diagnosis of melanoma and melanocytic naevi

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Carli, P ^a,c   De Giorgi, V ^a,c   Naldi, L ^b   Dosi, G ^b   Argenziano, G ^c   Fabbrocini, G ^c   Dal Pozzo, V ^c   Cristofolini, M ^c   Cristofolini, P ^c   Stanganelli, I ^c   Nardini, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Department of Dermatology   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agreement; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Epiluminescence microscopy; Melanocytic lesions; Melanoma; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ITALY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 7844228767     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199810000-00005     Document Type: Article

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