Dermoscopic naevus patterns in people at high versus moderate/low melanoma risk in Queensland

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-253

  Douglas, Nicola C ^a   Borgovan, Theo ^a   Carroll, Melissa J ^a   Williams, Patricia F ^a,d   Berry, Elizabeth G ^a,c   Siskind, Victor ^c   Hoedl, Andreas F ^a   Wurm, Elisabeth Mt ^a   Smithers, B Mark ^b   Green, Adele C ^c,e   Soyer, H Peter ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Virginia Commonwealth University   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dermoscopy; melanoma; naevi; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACK; CANCER RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK; NEVUS; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUEENSLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955142935     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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