Familial and sporadic melanoma: Different clinical and histopathological features in the Italian population - A multicentre epidemiological study - By GIPMe (Italian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma)

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-199

  Chiarugi, A ^a   Nardini, P ^a   Crocetti, E ^a   Carli, P ^b   De Giorgi, V ^b   Borgognoni, L ^c   Brandani, P ^c   Pimpinelli, N ^b   Manganoni, A M ^d   Quaglino, P ^e  

^a Institute for Study and Cancer Prevention ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SPORADIC CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; STUDENT T TEST; SUNBURN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856324959     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04035.x     Document Type: Article

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