Melanoma under 18 years and pregnancy: Report of three cases

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-188

  Paradela, Sabela ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo ^a   Pita Fernandez, Salvador ^a   Kantrow, Sara M ^b   Goncharuk, Viktor N ^c   Ivan, Doina ^d   Herzog, Cynthia E ^d   Sturgis, Erich M ^d   Prieto, Victor G ^d  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pinkus Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Melanoma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEVUS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950451482     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0884     Document Type: Article

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