Giant congenital melanocytic nevus with a large ulceration at birth: A 5-year follow-up

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 752-754

  Gonzalez, Joselyn ^a   Palangio, Mark ^a   Fialkoff, Cheryl N ^a   Schwartz, Joseph ^a   Bisaccia, Emil ^a  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0141533197     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00458-4     Document Type: Article

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