Thin primary cutaneous melanoma in childhood and adolescence: Report of 12 cases

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-357

  Manganoni, Ausilia Maria ^a   Farisoglio, Camilo ^a   Tucci, Giovanna ^a   Facchetti, Fabio ^a   Ungari, Marco ^a   Calzavara Pinton, Pier Giacomo ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650483179     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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