Melanomas detected in a follow-up program compared with melanomas referred to a melanoma unit

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-555

  Salerni, Gabriel ^a   Lovatto, Louise ^a   Carrera, Cristina ^a,b   Puig, Susana ^a,b   Malvehy, Josep ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATOLOGY; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956078755     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.430     Document Type: Article

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