Congenital melanocytic naevi and cutaneous melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Berg, Peter ^a   Lindelöf, Bernt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Malignancy; Moles; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142057359     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200310000-00002     Document Type: Review

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