Clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of melanocytic nevi in Turkish children and their relationship with environmental and constitutional factors

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 607-613

  Öztas, Pinar ^a,c   Ilhan, Mustafa N ^b   Polat, Muhterem ^a   Alli, Nuran ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUNBURN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 34247545295     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33122.x     Document Type: Article

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