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Multicenter Study
. 2022 Sep;87(3):648-649.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.05.018. Epub 2022 May 16.

The association between COVID-19 lockdowns and melanoma diagnosis and thickness: A multicenter retrospective study from Europe

Camila Scharf  1 , Gabriella Brancaccio  2 , Alessandro Di Stefani  3 , Maria Concetta Fargnoli  4 , Harald Kittler  5 , Athanassios Kyrgidis  6 , Aimilios Lallas  7 , Caterina Longo  8 , Josep Malvehy  9 , Elvira Moscarella  2 , Ketty Peris  3 , Simonetta Piana  10 , Susana Puig  9 , Luc Thomas  11 , Giuseppe Argenziano  2
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Multicenter Study

The association between COVID-19 lockdowns and melanoma diagnosis and thickness: A multicenter retrospective study from Europe

Camila Scharf et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Sep.

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Keywords: COVID-19; diagnostic delay; melanoma diagnosis.

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Fig 1
Melanoma diagnosis per month in the prelockdown and postlockdown cohorts.
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Median invasion thickness of melanomas diagnosed per month in the prelockdown and postlockdown cohorts.
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