Nail matrix nevi: A clinical and histopathologic study of twenty-two patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 I, 1996, Pages 765-771

  Tosti, Antonella ^a   Baran, Robert ^b   Piraccini, Bianca Maria ^a   Cameli, Norma ^a   Fanti, Pier Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NAIL DISEASE CENTRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NAIL BED; NAIL PIGMENTATION; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029997389     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90010-9     Document Type: Article

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