The role of surgery in the management of congenital melanocytic naevi in children: a perspective from Great Ormond Street Hospital

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-601

  Kinsler, Veronica ^a   Bulstrode, Neil ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Congenital melanocytic naevus; Lightening; Management; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MORBIDITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64849098841     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.12.016     Document Type: Review

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