Cutaneous multifocal melanoma metastases clinically resembling herpes zoster [8]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 470-472

  Kondras, K ^a   Zalewska, Anuncia ^b,d   Janowski, P ^c   Kordek, R ^b  

^a Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Central Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Lodz   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c Outpatient Dermatology Department for High Education Employees   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

AGED; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BACK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645363298     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01464.x     Document Type: Letter

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