Juvenile Melanoma (Spitz Nevus)

Cutis

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-38

  Helm, Klaus F ^b   Schwartz, Robert A ^b   Janniger, Camila K ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030185781     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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