Nevus/melanocytoma/melanoma: An emerging paradigm for classification of melanocytic neoplasms?

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Zembowicz, Artur ^a,b,c,h   Scolyer, Richard A ^d,e,f,g  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g Cancer Institute New South Wales   (Australia)

^h Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEVUS; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952938283     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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