Frequency, clinical and dermoscopic features of benign papillomatous melanocytic naevi (Unna type)

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 510-514

  Niederkorn, A ^a   Ahlgrimm Siess, V ^a   Fink Puches, R ^a   Wolf, I H ^a   Richtig, E ^a   Lackner, H K ^b   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Naevus count; Papillomatous naevus; Unna naevus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PAPILLOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149106961     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09239.x     Document Type: Article

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