Proliferative nodule in small congenital melanocytic naevus after childhood

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-97

  Kiyohara, Takahiro ^a   Sawai, Takahiro ^a   Kumakiri, Masanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; MELANIN; PROTEIN S 100;

CHILDHOOD; CONGENITAL MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855236187     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1186     Document Type: Letter

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