Dermoscopy of an acral congenital melanocytic nevus

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 188-191

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Zanchini, Renato ^b   Petrillo, Gianluca ^b   Ruocco, Eleonora ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SOLE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 19644368870     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.22302.x     Document Type: Article

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