Frequency and clinical and dermatoscopic features of volar and ungual pigmented melanocytic lesions: A study in schoolchildren of Manizales, Colombia

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-222

  Jaramillo Ayerbe, Felipe ^a,b   Vallejo Contreras, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS;

EID: 2942562646     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21305.x     Document Type: Article

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