Dermoscopy of pigmented lesions of the mucosa and the mucocutaneous junction: Results of a multicenter study by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1181-1187

  Blum, Andreas ^a   Simionescu, Olga ^b   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^c   Braun, Ralph ^d   Cabo, Horacio ^e   Eichhorn, Astrid ^m   Kirchesch, Herbert ^m   Malvehy, Josep ^f   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^g   Puig, Susana ^f   Özdemir, Fezal ^h   Stolz, Wilhelm ⁱ   Tromme, Isabelle ^j   Weigert, Ulrike ⁱ   Wolf, Ingrid H ^k   Zalaudek, Iris ^k   Kittler, Harald ^l  

^a Private and Teaching Practice of Dermatology   (Germany)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^l Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; COLOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOCYTIC MACULE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PIGMENTED MUCOSAL LESION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; BOWEN'S DISEASE; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054729476     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.155     Document Type: Article

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