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Box 1: Dermatoscopy

Dermatoscopy (also known as skin surface microscopy, epiluminescence microscopy, incident light microscopy and dermoscopy) is a method of visualising the pigmented anatomical structures of the epidermis, dermoepidermal junction and superficial papillary dermis.4,5

The technique uses microscopy with


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