Generalized melanosis and melanuria in a patient with metastatic melanoma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Perez, A ^a   Turajlic, S ^b   Szyszko, T ^b   O'Doherty, M ^b   Calonje, E ^a   Harries, M ^b   Acland, K ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MELANIN; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MELANURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SUN EXPOSURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DACARBAZINE; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77749344474     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03545.x     Document Type: Article

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