Shiny white streaks: An additional dermoscopic finding in melanomas viewed using contact polarised dermoscopy

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-298

  Di Stefani, Alessandro ^a   Campbell, Terri M ^b   Malvehy, Josep ^c   Massone, Cesare ^d   Soyer, H Peter ^b   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS;

BIOPSY; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649275308     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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