Spontaneous regression of congenital melanocytic nevi without evidence of the halo phenomenon

Dermatology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-195

  Kageshita, Toshiro ^a   Inoue, Yuji ^a   Ono, Tomomichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Congenital melanocytic nevus; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALO PHENOMENON; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041384481     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071794     Document Type: Article

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