Unusual clinical presentation of regression in a congenital melanocytic nevus

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 471-473

  Arpaia, Nicola ^a   Cassano, Nicoletta ^b   Filotico, Raffaele ^a   Laricchia, Francesco ^a   Vena, Gino Antonio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 16844370477     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200504000-00017     Document Type: Article

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