Variables predicting change in benign melanocytic nevi undergoing short-term dermoscopic imaging

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 655-659

  Menzies, Scott W ^a   Stevenson, Mary L ^c   Altamura, Davide ^d   Byth, Karen ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SKIN EXAMINATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959406231     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.133     Document Type: Article

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