Clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of amelanotic melanomas that are not of the nodular subtype

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-596

  Jaimes, N ^a   Braun, R P ^b   Thomas, L ^c   Marghoob, A A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY;

DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860219717     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04122.x     Document Type: Review

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