Age-related prevalence of dermoscopy patterns in acquired melanocytic naevi

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Zalaudek, I ^a,b   Grinschgl, S ^a   Argenziano, G ^b   Marghoob, A A ^c   Blum, A ^d   Richtig, E ^a   Wolf, I H ^a   Fink Puches, R ^a   Kerl, H ^a   Soyer, H P ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquired melanocytic naevi; Age; Dermoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33644860372     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06973.x     Document Type: Article

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