Spitz nevus: A case report and the use of dermoscopy;Nevo de Spitz: Relato de caso e dermatoscopia

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-557

  Pinheiro, Ana Maria Costa ^a   Amorin, Alessandro Guedes ^a   Friedman, Horacio ^a   Pereira, Gustavo Alonso ^b   Varella, Tatiana Cristina Nogueira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Epithelioid and spindle cell; Melanoma; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 78049323684     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962010000400021     Document Type: Article

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