Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Registry for Congenital Melanocytic Naevi: Prospective study 1988-2007. Part 1 - Epidemiology, phenotype and outcomes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Kinsler, V A ^a   Birley, J ^a   Atherton, D J ^a  

^a Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Congenital melanocytic naevi; Epidemiology; Outcomes; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649174148     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08849.x     Document Type: Article

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