Do we detect a new spectrum of biologically 'benign' melanomas in the dermoscopy era? [3]

Melanoma Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 567-568

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Di Stefani, Alessandro ^c   Soyer, H Peter ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LETTER; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13544252743     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200412000-00022     Document Type: Letter

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