Digital dermoscopy monitoring in patients with multiple nevi: How many lesions should we monitor per patient?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 168-170

  Moscarella, Elvira ^a   Pampena, Riccardo ^b   Kyrgidis, Athanassios ^a   Tion, Isolina ^c   Longo, Caterina ^a   Lallas, Aimilios ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIGITAL DERMOSCOPY MONITORING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEVUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84937897873     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.03.033     Document Type: Article

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