Nail melanoma in children: Differential diagnosis and management

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 974-978

  Iorizzo, Matilde ^a   Tosti, Antonella ^a   Chiacchio, Nilton Di ^b   Hirata, Sergio Henrique ^c   Misciali, Cosimo ^a   Michalany, Nilceo ^c   Domiguez, Judith ^d   Toussaint, Sonia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Hospital General Dr Gea González   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL MELANOMA; NAIL PIGMENTATION; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49049101930     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34191.x     Document Type: Article

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