Ultraviolet radiation of melanocytic nevi: A dermoscopic study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 845-850

  Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Peter Soyer, H ^a   Wolf, Ingrid H ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a   Reischle, Sebastian ^a   Rieger, Edgar ^a   Kenet, Robert O ^b   Wolf, Peter ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EXAMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 2642643719     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.7.845     Document Type: Article

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