Dermoscopy research - An update Journal Article
| Authors: | Braun, R. P.; Rabinovitz, H.; Tzu, J. E.; Marghoob, A. A. |
| Article Title: | Dermoscopy research - An update |
| Abstract: | Dermoscopy increases the clinician's diagnostic accuracy by as much as 30% over that of unaided visual clinical inspection alone and has been confirmed in 3 separate evidence-based publications using a meta-analysis of the literature. It can be viewed as an in vivo bridge between clinical morphology and histopathology. This "bridge" has provided clinician researchers with many new insights into morphology and tumor biology. In this article, we provide the reader with an overview of the different aspects of dermoscopy as a research tool. We cover different aspects, such as the new equipment, new structures, the importance of blood vessels, etc. © 2009. |
| Keywords: | review; melanoma; dermoscopy; image analysis; skin biopsy; skin neoplasms; epiluminescence microscopy; radiation exposure; diagnostic errors; research; blood vessel; hair disease; nail bed; nail pigmentation; scalp; clinical research; dermatoscopy; hair; misdiagnosis of melanoma; nail; diagnostic error; juvenile melanoma; stroma; nails |
| Journal Title: | Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1085-5629 |
| Publisher: | W.B. Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2009-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 165 |
| End Page: | 171 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sder.2009.07.001 |
| PUBMED: | 19782940 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 2" - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "CODEN: SCMSF" - "Source: Scopus" |
