Complete skin examination is essential in the assessment of dermatology patients: Findings from 483 patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1124-1126

  Moran, B ^a   McDonald, I ^a   Wall, D ^a   O'Shea, S J ^a   Ryan, C ^a   Ryan, A J ^a   Kirby, B ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856367081     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10483.x     Document Type: Article

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