Delineation of the various shapes and patterns of nevi

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 439-450

  Torrelo, Antonio ^a   Baselga, Eulalia ^b   Nagore, Eduardo ^c   Zambrano, Antonio ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^d  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Mosaicism; Nevus; Patterns; Shapes

Indexed keywords

CELL SHAPE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NEVUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOSAICISM; NEVUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28344436466     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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