Genital lentigines and melanocytic nevi with superimposed lichen sclerosus: A diagnostic challenge

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 690-694

  El Shabrawi Caelen, Laila ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^a,d   Schaeppi, Herwig ^b   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^a   Schirren, Carl G ^c   Rudolph, Christina ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institute of Dermatohistopathology ^*

^c Dermatohistopathology Institute   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENTIGINOSIS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 2342489454     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.09.034     Document Type: Article

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