Clinical and dermoscopic stability and volatility of melanocytic nevi in a population-based cohort of children in framingham school system

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1615-1621

  Scope, Alon ^a   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Satagopan, Jaya M ^a   Braga Casagrande Tavoloni, Juliana ^a   Psaty, Estee L ^a   Weinstock, Martin A ^b   Oliveria, Susan A ^a   Bishop, Marilyn ^c   Geller, Alan C ^d   Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Walsh Middle School   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACK; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUNBURN;

EID: 79960328242     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.107     Document Type: Article

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