Cutaneous melanoma in childhood and adolescence: An analysis of 36 patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 874-879

  Schmid Wendtner, Monika H ^a   Berking, Carola ^a   Baumert, Jens ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^b   Sander, Christian A ^a   Plewig, Gerd ^a   Volkenandt, Matthias ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology and Allergology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0036621607     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120471     Document Type: Article

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