Multiple large solar lentigos on the upper back as clinical markers of past severe sunburn: A case-control study

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  Derancourt, C ^a   Bourdon Lanoy, E ^b   Grob, J J ^c   Guillaume, J C ^d   Bernard, P ^a   Bastuji Garin, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^d Pasteur Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Multiple large solar lentigos; Severe sunburn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUNBURN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUNBURN;

EID: 33845924721     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096909     Document Type: Article

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