Vitiligo onset removes congenital nevocellular nevus cells

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  Dainichi, Teruki ^a   Moroi, Yoichi ^b   Urabe, Kazunori ^b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital nevus; Vitiligo vulgaris

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NEVUS CELL; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VASCULARIZATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VITILIGO;

EID: 42749091802     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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