Acral pigmented spitz nevus that clinically mimicked acral lentiginous malignant melanoma

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-249

  Jang, Yong Hyun ^a   Lee, Jae Yeol ^a   Kim, Mi Ri ^a,b   Kim, Soo Chan ^a,b   Kim, You Chan ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acral lentiginous malignant melanoma; Acral pigmented spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958758650     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.2.246     Document Type: Article

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