Morphologic features and natural history of scalp nevi in children

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-511

  Gupta, Monique ^a   Berk, David R ^a   Gray, Cheryl ^a   Cornelius, Lynn A ^a   Bayliss, Susan J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALP; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952642061     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.88     Document Type: Article

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