Recent data on the risk of malignancy in congenital melanocytic nevi: The continuing debate on treatment;Últimos datos sobre el riesgo de malignización de los nevus melanocíticos congénitos: El debate sobre el tratamiento continúa

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-189

  Hernández, Ángela ^a   Torrelo, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital melanocytic nevus; Melanoma; Risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41949133425     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: 15782190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1578-2190(08)70230-0     Document Type: Article

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