Congenital and infantile melanoma: Review of the literature and report of an uncommon variant, pigment-synthesizing melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-90

  Richardson, Stephen K ^a   Tannous, Zeina S ^a   Mihm, Martin C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONGENITAL CANCER; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0036656720     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120602     Document Type: Article

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