Morphologic changes of acquired melanocytic nevi with eccentric foci of hyperpigmentation ("Bolognia sign") assessed by dermoscopy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-483

  Pizzichetta, Maria A ^a   Massone, Cesare ^b   Grandi, Giorgio ^c   Pelizzo, Gloria ^d   Soyer, H Peter ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CASE REPORT; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646079619     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.4.479     Document Type: Article

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