Pregnancy-associated melanoma occurring in two generations

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 231-233

  Saenz Badillos, Judit ^a   Brady, Mary S ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth; Familial; Melanoma; Pregnancy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NEVUS, INTRADERMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034052891     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(200004)73:4<231::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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