Dermoscopy of pigmented lesions of the vulva: A retrospective morphological study

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Ferrari, Angela ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^f   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^e   Buccini, Pierluigi ^a   De Simone, Paola ^a   Silipo, Vitaliano ^a   Eibenschutz, Laura ^a   Mariani, Giustino ^a   Covello, Renato ^b   Sperduti, Isabella ^c   Mariani, Luciano ^d   Catricalà, Caterina ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Italy)

^c Unit of Biostatistics   (Italy)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Melanoma, genital; Nevus; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED VULAR LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VULVA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955693426     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323409     Document Type: Article

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