Histopathological criteria for cutaneous malignant melanoma: Comparative analysis between benign and thin malignant lesions (< 2 mm);Critérios histopatológicos para diagnóstico de melanoma maligno cutâneo: Análise comparativa de sua freqüência em lesões benignas e melanomas de pequena espessura (< 2 mm)

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-368

  Veronese, Luiz Alberto ^a,b   Corrente, José Eduardo ^b   Marques, Mariangela Esther Alencar ^b  

^a Universidade Estadual Paulista ^*  (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Histopathological criteria; Melanoma; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449025449     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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