Molecular diagnosis of a benign proliferative nodule developing in a congenital melanocytic nevus in a 3-month-old infant

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Murphy, Michael J ^a   Jen, Melinda ^a   Chang, Mary Wu ^a   Grant Kels, Jane M ^a   Makkar, Hanspaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DEEP PENETRATING NEVUS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48749107900     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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