Characterization of 1152 lesions excised over 10 years using total-Body photography and digital dermatoscopy in the surveillance of patients at high risk for melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 836-845

  Salerni, Gabriel ^a   Carrera, Cristina ^a   Lovatto, Louise ^a   Martí Laborda, Rosa M ^a,b   Isern, Guillermina ^d   Palou, Josep ^a,c   Alós, Llúcia ^c   Puig, Susana ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Arnau de Vilanova ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atypical mole syndrome; Dermatoscopy; Dysplastic nevus; Follow Up; Imaging techniques; Malignant melanoma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872678838     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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