Labial melanotic macule diagnosed by dermoscopy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 524-525

  Tsunemi, Yuichiro ^a   Saeki, Hidehisa ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; JAPANESE; LABIAL MELANOTIC MACULE; LETTER; LIP BIOPSY; LIP DISEASE; LOWER LIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DERMIS; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 53349151933     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0493     Document Type: Letter

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