Large congenital melanocytic nevi

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 146-152

  Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Bittencourt, Flavia V ^a   Kopf, Alfred W ^a   Bart, Robert S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INFANT; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; REVIEW; SKIN SURGERY;

EID: 0034032934     PISSN: 10400486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-0486(00)90039-5     Document Type: Review

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