Ten reasons why dermoscopy is beneficial for the evaluation of skin lesions

Expert Review of Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Benvenuto Andrade, Cristiane ^a   Marghoob, ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dermoscopy; melanocytic; melanoma; skin tumors; surface microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886453157     PISSN: 17469872     EISSN: 17469880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17469872.1.3.369     Document Type: Article

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