The expanding spectrum of cutaneous blue naevi

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-68

  Mooi, W J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue naevus; Cellular blue naevus; Combined naevus; Common blue naevus; Deep penetrating naevus; Jadassohn Ti che naevus

Indexed keywords

BLUE NEVUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0035072082     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cdip.2000.0052     Document Type: Review

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