Regression of atypical nevus: An anecdotal dermoscopic observation

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1274-1277

  Pizzichetta, Maria A ^a   Massone, Cesare ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGY; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BACK; DERMOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750002874     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32290.x     Document Type: Article

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