Dermatoscopy in routine practice: Chaos and Clues

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 482-487

  Rosendahl, Cliff ^a   Cameron, Alan ^a   McColl, Ian ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; General practice; Melanoma; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865086541     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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