Clinico-pathological characteristics of familial melanoma in a Mediterranean population

Melanoma Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-369

  Chiarugi, Alessandra ^a   Nardini, Paolo ^a   Borgognoni, Lorenzo ^b   Brandani, Paola ^b   Crocetti, Emanuele ^c   Carli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Plastic Surgery Unit S Maria Annunziata

^c ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53549106925     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32830d833b     Document Type: Letter

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