Dermoscopy of nevi and melanoma in childhood

Expert Review of Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-34

  Brooks, Christine ^a   Scope, Alon ^b   Braun, Ralph P ^c   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^d  

^a Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acquired melanocytic nevi; blue nevi; congenital melanocytic nevi; dermoscopy; halo nevi; lentiginous nevus; melanoma; nevus spilus speckled pediatric; Spitz nevi

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACQUIRED MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HALO NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPECKLED LENTIGINOUS NEVUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79851473211     PISSN: 17469872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/edm.10.71     Document Type: Review

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