Distinctive dermatoscopic features of acral lentiginous melanoma in situ from plantar melanocytic nevi and their histopathologic correlation

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Kawabata, Yasuhiro ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOT SOLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS CELL; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031752516     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549800200404     Document Type: Article

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