Giant congenital melanocytic nevi

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Arneja, Jugpal S ^b   Gosain, Arun K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CONGENITAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447545910     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000267583.63342.0a     Document Type: Review

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