Malignant melanoma arising in a pregnant African American woman with a congenital blue nevus

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 12 II, 2004, Pages 1530-1532

  Hu, Weimin ^a   Nelson, Jennell E ^a   Mohney, Craig A ^b   Willen, Marlene D ^a,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCISION; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PAROTIDECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SCALP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 11144246893     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200412020-00009     Document Type: Article

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