Nonmelanoma skin cancer in vitiligo patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1080-1081

  Nordlund, James J ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ALBINISM; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VITILIGO;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 71549158492     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.06.072     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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