Accuracy of dermoscopic criteria for the diagnosis of psoriasis, dermatitis, lichen planus and pityriasis rosea

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1198-1205

  Lallas, A ^a   Kyrgidis, A ^b   Tzellos, T G ^e   Apalla, Z ^a   Karakyriou, E ^a   Karatolias, A ^a   Lefaki, I ^a   Sotiriou, E ^b   Ioannides, D ^b   Argenziano, G ^c   Zalaudek, I ^c,d  

^a Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PITYRIASIS ROSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRIA;

DERMATITIS; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PITYRIASIS ROSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS;

EID: 84861600314     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10868.x     Document Type: Article

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