Accuracy in skin lesion diagnosis and the exclusion of malignancy

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1460-1465

  Matteucci, P ^a   Pinder, R ^a   Magdum, A ^a   Stanley, P ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy of diagnosis; Incomplete excision; Negative predictive value; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054748692     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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