Acral lentiginous melanoma developing during long-standing atypical melanosis: Usefulness of dermoscopy for detection of early acral melanoma

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Oh, Tae Seok ^a   Bae, Eui Jong ^a   Ro, Ki Woong ^a   Seo, Soo Hong ^a   Son, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Ill Hwan ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acral lentiginous melanoma; Dermoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052083321     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.3.400     Document Type: Article

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