Repigmentation after Surgery of Melanoma in a Burn Scar: Dermoscopy as Aid for the Management Decision

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 839-841

  Richtig, Erika ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Ahlgrimm Siess, Verena ^a   Leinweber, Bernd ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REPIGMENTATION; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CICATRIX; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34347364532     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33179.x     Document Type: Article

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