Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

Ralph Peter Braun; Harold S. Rabinovitz; Margaret Oliviero; Alfred W. Kopf; Jean Hilaire Saurat

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2001.11.001

Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions

Ralph Peter Braun
, Harold S. Rabinovitz
, Margaret Oliviero
, Alfred W. Kopf
, Jean Hilaire Saurat

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Abstract

Dermoscopy is an in vivo method for the early diagnosis of malignant melanoma and the differential diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the skin. It has been shown to increase diagnostic accuracy over clinical visual inspection in the hands of experienced physicians. This article is a review of the principles of dermoscopy as well as recent technological developments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	109-121
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2001.11.001
State	Published - Jan 2005
Externally published	Yes

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