Acquired unilateral melanocytic nevi in otherwise normal skin

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-65

  Yu, Xijun ^a   Nagai, Hiroshi ^a   Nishigori, Chikako ^a   Horikawa, Tatsuya ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agminated acquired melanocytic nevus; Partial unilateral lentiginosis; Speckled lentiginous nevus

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED UNILATERAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEVUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENTIGO; MELANOSIS; MOSAICISM; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46049084603     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000124341     Document Type: Article

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