Relative frequency of solitary melanocytic lesions of the oral mucosa

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 550-557

  Buchner, A ^a   Merrell, P W ^b   Carpenter, W M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoacanthoma; Melanocytic proliferation; Melanoma; Melanotic macule; Nevus; Oral; Pigmentation; Pigmented

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MELANOTIC ACANTHOMA; MELANOTIC MACULE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL BIOPSY; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEVUS; NEVUS, BLUE; NEVUS, INTRADERMAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 4844230023     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2004.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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