Pigmented Lesions in Unusual Anatomic Sites

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-259

  Piris, Adriano ^a,b   Rosai, Juan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Melanocytic lesions; Melanoma; Metastasis; Nevus; Unusual anatomic sites

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOSA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0348014639     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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