Opposing views of 2 academies about the nature of solar keratosis

Cutis

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Ackerman, A Bernard ^a,b  

^a ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ackerman Academy of Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; KERATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0041413026     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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