Lentigines within nevus depigmentosus: A rare collateral effect of UVB therapy?

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-274

  Bardazzi, Federico ^a,b   Balestri, Riccardo ^a   Antonucci, Angela ^a   Spadola, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMELANOTIC NEVUS; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOMELANOSIS; KERATINOCYTE; LEG; LENTIGINOSIS; LEUKODERMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NEVUS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENTIGO; NEVUS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 42549120731     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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