Large congenital melanocytic nevi and the risk for the development of malignant melanoma: A prospective study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 170-175

  Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Schoenbach, Sandra P ^b   Kopf, Alfred W ^b,c,d   Orlow, Seth J ^b   Nossa, Robert ^b   Bart, Robert S ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030024543     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.2.170     Document Type: Article

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