Dermatoscopy: An overview of subsurface morphology

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-565

  Hirokawa, Dawn ^a   Lee, Jason B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LEOPARD SYNDROME; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MORTALITY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051706681     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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