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The agreement for asymmetry was very close to excellence (\u03ba \u200a=\u200a 0.74), and that for cytological atypia (\u03ba \u200a=\u200a 0.65) and dermal lymphocytic infiltrate (\u03ba \u200a=\u200a 0.47) was slightly lower, but in the fair to good agreement range. The \u03ba values obtained by comparison with the majority diagnosis were generally high (\u2a7e 0.85); the mean value of \u03ba was lower (0.70) for only one parameter (dermal lymphocytic infiltrate).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> The parameters investigated showed an overall good reproducibility.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/jcp.2005.026765","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,10,27]],"date-time":"2005-10-27T14:12:59Z","timestamp":1130422379000},"page":"1194-1198","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Interobserver reproducibility of histological features in cutaneous malignant melanoma"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"C","family":"Urso","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"F","family":"Rongioletti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D","family":"Innocenzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C","family":"Saieva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D","family":"Batolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"S","family":"Chimenti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"R","family":"Filotico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"R","family":"Gianotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Lentini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C","family":"Tomasini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Rebora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Pippione","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025092510235260000_58.11.1194.1","first-page":"39","volume":"7","year":"2001","journal-title":"Dermatopathology: Practical and Conceptual"},{"key":"2025092510235260000_58.11.1194.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lever WF. 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