Melanoma risk in congenital melanocytic naevi: A systematic review

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Krengel, S ^a   Hauschild, A ^b   Schafer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital naevus; Epidemiology; Malignant melanoma; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY SURFACE; CALCULATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXCISION; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN ABRASION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745027181     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07218.x     Document Type: Review

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