Skin self-examination and the ABCDE rule in the early diagnosis of melanoma: Is the game over?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1370-1371

  De Giorgi, V ^a   Papi, F ^a   Giorgi, L ^a   Savarese, I ^a   Verdelli, A ^a   Scarfi F ^a   Gandini, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878632077     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12250     Document Type: Letter

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