The surgical management of Spitz nevi

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1065-1069

  Murphy, Michael E ^a   Boyer, John D ^a   Stashower, Mitchell E ^a   Zitelli, John A ^b   Geisse, John K ^c   Sugarman, Jeffrey ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Shadyside Hospital Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0036861394     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2002.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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