Dermoscopy in skin self-examination: A useful tool for select patients

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Goulart, Jacqueline M ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^b   Puig, Susana ^b   Martin, George ^c   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SKILL; SKIN EXAMINATION;

DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78751563819     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.387     Document Type: Article

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