Dermoscopic evaluation of nodular melanoma

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 699-709

  Menzies, Scott W ^a,b   Moloney, Fergal J ^c   Byth, Karen ^d   Avramidis, Michelle ^e   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^f   Zalaudek, Iris ^f,g   Braun, Ralph P ^h   Malvehy, Josep ⁱ   Puig, Susana ⁱ   Rabinovitz, Harold S ^j   Oliviero, Margaret ^j   Cabo, Horacio ^k   Bono, Riccardo ^l   Pizzichetta, Maria A ^m   Claeson, Magdalena ⁿ   Gaffney, Daniel C ^o   Soyer, H Peter ^o   Stanganelli, Ignazio ^p   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,q   Guitera, Pascale ^a,q   Kelly, John ^r   McCurdy, Olivia ^s   Llambrich, Alex ^t   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^u   Zaballos, Pedro ^v   Kirchesch, Herbert M ^e   Piccolo, Domenico ^w   Bowling, Jonathan ^x   Thomas, Luc ^y   Terstappen, Karin ^z   Tanaka, Masaru ^aa   Pellacani, Giovanni ^ab   Pagnanelli, Gianluca ^l   Ghigliotti, Giovanni ^ac   Ortega, Blanca Carlos ^ad   Crafter, Greg ^e   Perusquía Ortiz, Ana María ^ae   Tromme, Isabelle ^af   Karaarslan, Isil Kilinc ^ag   Ozdemir, Fezal ^ah   Tam, Anthony ^e   Landi, Christian ^ai   Norton, Peter ^aj   Kaçar, Nida ^ak   Rudnicka, Lidia ^al   Slowinska, Monika ^al   Simionescu, Olga ^am   Di Stefani, Alessandro ^an   Coates, Elliot ^a   Kreusch, Juergen ^e   more..

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre   (Australia)

^e Department of Skintography ^*

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^j Skin and Cancer   (Australia)

^k INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

^l LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^m CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

ⁿ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^p DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^q MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^r MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^s ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^t HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^u MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^v Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla   (Spain)

^w UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^x CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^z SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^aa TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^ad Unidad de Investigación y Evaluación   (Mexico)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^af CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^ag EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ah EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^ai Infermi Hospital   (Italy)

^aj Bribie Island Skin Cancer Clinic   (Australia)

^ak PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^al MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^am CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^an UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INVASIVE NON NODULAR MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOMA; NODULAR BENIGN MELANOCYTIC TUMOR; NODULAR NONMELANOCYTIC TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879330371     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.2466     Document Type: Article

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