"Safe" Spitz and its alternatives

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-165

  LeBoit, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036261147     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00032.x     Document Type: Note

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