Natural evolution of spitz nevi

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-260

  Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Agozzino, Marina ^b   Bonifazi, Ernesto ^c   Broganelli, Paolo ^d   Brunetti, Bruno ^e   Ferrara, Gerardo ^f   Fulgione, Elisabetta ^e   Garrone, Alessandro ^d   Zalaudek, Iris ^g  

^a Dermatology Unit   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Hospital Santa Maria Della Speranza Battipaglia   (Italy)

^f G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Melanocytic nevus; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959924523     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326109     Document Type: Article

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