Absence of clinical and dermoscopic differences between congenital and noncongenital melanocytic naevi in a cohort of 2-year-old children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1303-1307

  Stinco, G ^a   Argenziano, G ^b   Favot, F ^a   Valent, F ^a   Patrone, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82255186511     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10538.x     Document Type: Article

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