Melasma and its association with different types of nevi in women: A case-control study

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Adalatkhah, Hassan ^a   Sadeghi bazargani, Homayoun ^b,c   Aminisani, Nayereh ^a   Zeynizadeh, Somayeh ^a  

^a ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLOASMA; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEVUS; HEMANGIOMA; IRAN; MELANOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MELANOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50649103124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-8-3     Document Type: Article

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