The epidermal and dermal origin of melanocytic tumors: Theoretical considerations based on epidemiologic, clinical, and histopathologic findings

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-406

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Leinweber, Bernd ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Scope, Alon ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^b   Ferrara, Gerardo ^c   Pellacani, Giovanni ^d   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^e   Soyer, H Peter ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGY; NEVUS; NEVUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51149111657     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181734e9a     Document Type: Letter

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