Congenital melanocytic nevus: An epidemiologic study in Italy

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-230

  Ingordo, Vito ^a,e   Gentile, Ciro ^b   Iannazzone, Silvia S ^c   Cusano, Francesco ^c   Naldi, Luigi ^d  

^a Italian Navy Main Hospital 'G Venticinque'   (Italy)

^b Draft's Council Medical Unit   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital melanocytic nevus; Congenital melanocytic nevus, Italian general population; Congenital melanocytic nevus, prevalence; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FITNESS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAIR; HEAD; HUMAN; ITALY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASHORE; SHOULDER; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; EUROPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947357166     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099587     Document Type: Article

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