Frequency and characteristics of enlarging common melanocytic nevi

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-320

  Kittler, Harald ^a   Seltenheim, Markus ^a   Dawid, Markus ^a   Pehamberger, Hubert ^a,b   Wolff, Klaus ^a   Binder, Michael ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034097760     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.136.3.316     Document Type: Article

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