The Morphologic Universe of Melanocytic Nevi

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Manzo, Manuela ^b   Savarese, Imma ^b   Docimo, Giovanni ^b   Ferrara, Gerardo ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RISK; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGING; DERMOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349266708     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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