Variegated dermoscopy of in situ melanoma

Dermatology

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-270

  Seidenari, Stefania ^a   Bassoli, Sara ^a   Borsari, Stefania ^a   Ferrari, Chiara ^a   Giusti, Francesca ^a   Ponti, Giovanni ^a   Tomasini, Carlo ^b   Magnoni, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Early diagnosis; Melanoma subtypes; Thin melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA IN SITU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863782527     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338696     Document Type: Article

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