Revised 3-step dermoscopic algorithm for the management of acral melanocytic lesions

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 741-743

  Koga, Hiroshi ^a   Saida, Toshiaki ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959427032     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.136     Document Type: Letter

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