Diagnostic accuracy of punch biopsy in subtyping basal cell carcinoma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 250-253

  Kamyab Hesari, K ^a   Seirafi, H ^a   Naraghi, Z S ^a   Shahshahani, M M ^a   Rahbar, Z ^a   Damavandi, M R ^a   Naraghi, M M ^a   Rezvani, M ^a   Aghazadeh, N ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892579755     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04695.x     Document Type: Article

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