Spitz nevus versus malignant melanoma: Spitz nevi predominate on the thighs in patients younger than 40 years of age, melanomas on the trunk in patients 40 years of age or older

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 753-758

  Schmoeckel, Christian ^a   Wildi, Gregor ^a   Schäfer, Torsten ^b  

^a Laboratory of Dermatohistopathology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIGH; TRUNK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 34147172807     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.11.037     Document Type: Article

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