Congenital melanocytic nevi - when to worry and how to treat: Facts and controversies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-302

  Price, Harper N ^a   Schaffer, Julie V ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; CONGENITAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EROSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INNERVATION; LASER SURGERY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCREENING TEST; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953574891     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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