Classic and atypical Spitz nevi: Review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-146

  Sulit, Daryl J ^a   Guardiano, Robert A ^b   Krivda, Stephen ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947401018     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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