Diagnostic accuracy of malignant melanoma according to subtype

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Lin, Matthew J ^a   Mar, Victoria ^a,b   McLean, Catriona ^a,c   Wolfe, Rory ^a,b   Kelly, John W ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Alfred ^*  (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; melanoma; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892798208     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.12121     Document Type: Article

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