Dermoscopic changes in acral melanocytic nevi during digital follow-up

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1372-1376

  Altamura, Davide ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Sera, Francesco ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^d   Fargnoli, Maria Concetta ^a   Rossiello, Luigi ^d   Peris, Ketty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Public Health Agency of Lazio Region   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SOLE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36349024734     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.11.1372     Document Type: Article

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