Ephelides are more related to pigmentary constitutional host factors than solar lentigines

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 316-322

  Bastiaens, Maarten T ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Vermeer, Bert J ^a   Bouwes Bavinck, Jan N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ephelides; Host factors; Misclassification; Pigmentary characteristics; Solar lentigines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033211579     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00765.x     Document Type: Article

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