Evidence insufficient to recommend melanoma surveillance following phototherapy for jaundice [7]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1216-

  Newman, Thomas B ^a   Maisels, M Jeffrey ^a  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MELANOMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548812610     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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