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Advances in Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions

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Pigmentary Skin Disorders

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Dermoscopy today has become and essential tool in dermatology practice. The increasing application of dermoscopy in disorders of pigmentation has made it imperative to create new terminologies and descriptions in pigmentation patterns, especially in skin of color. Only rarely a skin disorder is left without alteration in the normal pigmentation and vascular pattern. In this chapter dermoscopic features of disorders of pigmentation are described under disorders of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, , Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Uday S. Khopkar & Ankit M. Bharti

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Khopkar, U.S., Bharti, A.M. (2018). Advances in Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions. In: Kumarasinghe, P. (eds) Pigmentary Skin Disorders. Updates in Clinical Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70419-7_5

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