Availability of digital dermoscopy in daily practice dramatically reduces the number of excised melanocytic lesions: Results from an observational study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 778-786

  Tromme, I ^a   Sacre L ^a   Hammouch, F ^a   Legrand, C ^b   Marot, L ^a   Vereecken, P ^a   Theate, I ^a   Van Eeckhout, P ^a   Richez, P ^a   Baurain, J F ^a   Thomas, L ^c   Speybroeck, N ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867057197     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11042.x     Document Type: Article

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