Journal article
The accuracy of clinical diagnosis of suspected premalignant and malignant skin lesions in renal transplant recipients.
- Abstract:
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Renal transplant recipients have a greatly increased risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer. We investigated the accuracy of diagnosis of suspected skin malignancies in this population by prospectively recording all lesions detected in a specialist clinic over 5 months and comparing the provisional diagnosis with the histological diagnosis. The diagnostic accuracy was 54% in the 102 lesions that were biopsied, with the highest accuracy for the head and neck (67%). The diagnostic accuracy for squamou...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Clinical and experimental dermatology
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 436-438
- Publication date:
- 2002-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2230
- ISSN:
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0307-6938
- Source identifiers:
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23379
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:23379
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- pubs:23379
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2002
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