Dermoscopic patterns of acral melanocytic nevi: Their variations, changes, and significance

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1423-1426

  Saida, Toshiaki ^a   Koga, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; MELANIN;

EDITORIAL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EXTREMITIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36349019256     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.11.1423     Document Type: Editorial

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