Generalized melanosis in metastatic malignant melanoma: The possible role of DOPAquinone metabolites

Dermatology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 338-342

  Tsukamoto, K ^a   Furue, M ^b   Sato, Y ^a   Takayama, O ^a   Akasu, R ^a   Ohtake, N ^a   Wakamatsu, K ^c   Ito, S ^c   Tamaki, K ^d   Shimada, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOPAquinone metabolites; Malignant melanoma; Melanosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DOPA; MELANIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOSIS; METABOLITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; URINE LEVEL;

AGED; BENZOQUINONES; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FATAL OUTCOME; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032440833     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018028     Document Type: Article

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