Early malignant melanoma manifested as longitudinal melanonychia: Subungual melanoma may arise from suprabasal melanocytes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 431-434

  Tomizawa, K ^a  

^a Ebetsu City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Melanonychia; Nail matrix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033838503     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03677.x     Document Type: Article

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