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. 2015 Feb;8(2):15.

The ABCDEF Rule: Combining the "ABCDE Rule" and the "Ugly Duckling Sign" in an Effort to Improve Patient Self-Screening Examinations

J Daniel Jensen¹, Boni E Elewski¹

Affiliations

PMID: 25741397
PMCID: PMC4345927

The ABCDEF Rule: Combining the "ABCDE Rule" and the "Ugly Duckling Sign" in an Effort to Improve Patient Self-Screening Examinations

J Daniel Jensen et al. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2015 Feb.

. 2015 Feb;8(2):15.

Authors

J Daniel Jensen¹, Boni E Elewski¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 25741397
PMCID: PMC4345927

No abstract available

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