Dermal melanocytoses and variants

Diagnostic Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-47

  Asher, Ruth G ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cellular blue naevus; common blue naevus; deep penetrating naevus; dermal melanocytoses; melanoma arising in a blue naevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL CELLULAR BLUE NAEVUS; CELLULAR BLUE NAEVUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINED NAEVUS; COMMON BLUE NAEVUS; COMPOUND BLUE NAEVUS; DEEP PENETRATING NAEVUS; DESMOPLASTIC CELLULAR BLUE NAEVUS; EPITHELIOID BLUE NAEVUS; GIANT CELLULAR BLUE NAEVUS; HISTOLOGY; HORI NAEVUS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTED BLUE NAEVUS; ITO NAEVUS; MALIGNANT BLUE NAEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MONGOLIAN SPOT; MYXOID BLUE NAEVUS; OTA NEVUS; SKIN DEFECT; SUN NAEVUS; TARGET BLUE NAEVUS;

EID: 41549115579     PISSN: 17562317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpdhp.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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