Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 26-34 , January 2009

Dermoscopy: what's new?

  • Ralph Peter Braun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich 8091, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Margaret Oliviero, AR

      Affiliations

    • Skin and Cancer Associates, Plantation, FL, USA
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  • Isabel Kolm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich 8091, Switzerland
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  • Lars E. French, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich 8091, Switzerland
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  • Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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  • Harold Rabinovitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich 8091, Switzerland

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PII: S0738-081X(08)00180-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2008.09.003

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 26-34 , January 2009

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