Outcomes of referral to dermatology for suspicious lesions: Implications for teledermatology

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 556-560

  Viola, Kate V ^a,c   Tolpinrud, Whitney L ^c   Gross, Cary P ^a,c   Kirsner, Robert S ^d   Imaeda, Suguru ^b,e   Federman, Daniel G ^b,e  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTALOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79956077121     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.108     Document Type: Article

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