The number of benign moles excised for each malignant melanoma: The number needed to treat

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-9

  Sidhu, S ^a,c   Bodger, O ^a,c   Williams, N ^b   Roberts, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN NEVUS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WALES;

EID: 84255173365     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04148.x     Document Type: Article

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