Negative pigment network: An additional dermoscopic feature for the diagnosis of melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 552-559

  Pizzichetta, Maria A ^a   Talamini, Renato ^a   Marghoob, Ash A ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^d   Bono, Riccardo ^e   Corradin, M Teresa ^f   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^g   Gonzalez, Marian A ^h   Kolm, Isabel ⁱ   Kopf, Andrew W ^j   Malvehy, Joseph ^k   Nami, Niccolò ^l   Oliviero, Margaret ⁱ   Pellacani, Giovanni ^m   Puig, Susana ^k   Rabinovitz, Harold ⁱ   Rubegni, Pietro ^l   Seidenari, Stefania ^m   Stanganelli, Ignazio ⁿ   Veronesi, Andrea ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^o   Zampieri, Pierfrancesco ^h   Menzies, Scott W ^p   more..

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^f Pordenone Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h Merano Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^l UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

ⁿ Istituto Tumori Romagna   (Italy)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^p ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

dermoscopy; histiocytoma; melanocytic nevus; melanoma; negative pigment network; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEGATIVE PIGMENT NETWORK; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884211580     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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