Epidermolysis bullosa nevus: An exception to the clinical and dermoscopic criteria for melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1164-1167

  Cash, Sarah H ^a,c   Dever, Tara T ^b   Hyde, Patrice ^a   Lee, Jason B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dermatology Group of the Carolinas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548841441     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.9.1164     Document Type: Article

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