Dermal melanocytosis: A clinical spectrum

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Stanford, Duncan G ^a   Georgouras, Katherine E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquired; Congenital; Hori's naevus; Naevus of Ota; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MELANOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ONSET AGE; OTA NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS OF OTA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030075136     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1996.tb00989.x     Document Type: Review

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