Clinical, dermoscopy and histological correlation study of melanotic pigmentations in excision scars of melanocytic tumours

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 478-484

  Botella Estrada, R ^a,b   Nagore, E ^a   Sopena, J ^a   Cremades, A ^a   Alfaro, A ^a   Sanmartin O ^a   Requena, C ^a   Serra Guillen C ^a   Guillen C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Pigmented scars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

CICATRIX; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644898828     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07105.x     Document Type: Article

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