Changes observed in slow-growing melanomas during long-term dermoscopic monitoring

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1213-1220

  Terushkin, V ^a   Dusza, S W ^a   Scope, A ^a   Argenziano, G ^b   Bahadoran, P ^c   Cowell, L ^d   De Giorgi, V ^e   Ferrara, G ^f   Kittler, H ^g   Malvehy, J ^h   Menzies, S ⁱ   Piccolo, D ^j   Puig, S ^h   Rubegni, P ^k   Stanganelli, I ^l   Thomas, L ^m   Zalaudek, I ⁿ   Marghoob, A A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Hospital Achet 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^h INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^l OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SLOW GROWING MELANOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861618606     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10846.x     Document Type: Article

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