Clinical and epidemiological aspects of subtypes of melanocytic nevi (Flat nevi, Miescher nevi, Unna nevi)

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Witt, Constanze ^a   Krengel, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLAT NEVUS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MIESCHER NEVUS; NECK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNNA NEVUS; CLASSIFICATION; FACE TUMOR; LENTIGO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749156232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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