An 18-year experience in the management of congenital nevomelanocytic nevi

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-287

  Warner, Petra M ^a,b   Yakuboff, Kevin P ^a,b   Kagan, Richard J ^a,b   Boyce, Stephen ^a   Warden, Glenn D ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous cultured skin substitute; Congenital nevomelanocytic nevi; Malignancy risk; Skin grafting; Surgical management; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 44849134554     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318095a784     Document Type: Article

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