Spitz tumor and pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma: New nosological frameworks for commonly ill-defined tumors;La tumeur de Spitz et le mélanocytome épithélioïde pigmenté : de nouveaux cadres nosologiques pour des tumeurs souvent mal définies

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-144

  Fraitag, S ^a   Vignon Pennamen, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOCYTOSIS; NEWBORN;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 61349155539     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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