The MPATH-Dx reporting schema for melanocytic proliferations and melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-141

  Piepkorn, Michael W ^a,b   Barnhill, Raymond L ^c   Elder, David E ^d   Knezevich, Stevan R ^e   Carney, Patricia A ^f   Reisch, Lisa M ^a   Elmore, Joann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatopathology Northwest   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; diagnostic errors; discordance; dysplasia; melanoma; nevi; observer variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTIC PATHOLOGY ASSESSMENT TOOL AND HIERARCHY FOR DIAGNOSIS; MELANOMA; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 84890787087     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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