Increase in the sensitivity for melanoma diagnosis by primary care physicians using skin surface microscopy
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 143 (5) , 1016-1020
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03836.x
Abstract
Background Skin surface microscopy (oil epiluminescence microscopy, dermoscopy, dermatoscopy) has been shown to increase the diagnostic accuracy of melanoma. However, all studies to date have been i...Keywords
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