Diagnostic accuracy of dermatoscopy for melanocytic and nonmelanocytic pigmented lesions

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1068-1073

  Rosendahl, Cliff ^a   Tschandl, Philipp ^b   Cameron, Alan ^a   Kittler, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; dermatoscopy; melanocytic nevi; melanoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; pigmented skin lesions; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INK SPOT LENTIGO; KERATOSIS; LENTIGO; LICHEN PLANUS LIKE KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOLAR LENTIGO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79956080287     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.03.039     Document Type: Article

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