Bilateral type of nevus of Ota presenting as agminated lentigines

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-206

  Kang, Hee Young ^a   Kang, Won Hyoung ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agminated lentigines; Nevus of Ota

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LENTIGINOSIS; MELANOCYTE; OTA NEVUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENTIGO; NEVUS OF OTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037359189     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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