Diffuse melanosis cutis in disseminated malignant melanoma

Dermatology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-352

  Hofmann, Maja ^a   Kiecker, Felix ^a   Audring, Heike ^a   Grefer, Katrin ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Trefzer, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disseminated malignant melanoma; Melanosis cutis; Melanuria; Terminal stage

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 8344255038     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080871     Document Type: Article

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