The impact of dermoscopic–pathological correlates in the diagnosis and management of pigmented skin tumors

Expert Review of Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-587

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Leinweber, Bernd ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Soyer, h Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

dermoscopy; diagnosis; pathology; pigmented skin tumors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964085983     PISSN: 17469872     EISSN: 17469880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17469872.1.4.579     Document Type: Article

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