Impact of dermoscopy on the management of high-risk patients from melanoma families: A prospective study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-431

  van der Rhee, Jasper I ^a   Bergman, Wilma ^a   Kukutsch, Nicole A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CDKN2A; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Dysplastic naevus syndrome; Melanoma; Pigmented skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY; DERMOSCOPY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; GENES, P16; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79958826415     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1100     Document Type: Article

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