Subungual blue nevus with combined phenotypic features

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1021-1024

  Naylor, Elizabeth M T ^a   Ruben, Beth S ^b   Robinson Bostom, Leslie ^a   Telang, Gladys H ^a   Jellinek, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTOSIS; MITOSIS; NAIL DYSCHROMIA; NAIL PIGMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NEVUS, BLUE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43249091592     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.02.030     Document Type: Article

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