Frequency of dermoscopic nevus subtypes by age and body site: A cross-sectional study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-670

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a,g   Schmid, Karin ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^c   Scope, Alon ^c,d   Manzo, Manuela ^e   Moscarella, Elvira ^f   Malvehy, Josep ^h   Puig, Susana ^h   Pellacani, Giovanni ⁱ   Thomas, Luc ^j   Catricalà, Caterina ^f   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g Dermatology Unit   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^j HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959410461     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.149     Document Type: Article

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