Consumption of the epidermis in acral lentiginous melanoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 577-581

  Ohata, Chika ^a   Nakai, Chiaki ^b   Kasugai, Tsutomu ^b   Katayama, Ichiro ^c  

^a IKEDA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acral lentiginous melanoma; consumption of the epidermis; nail; tumor thickness; ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861616802     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2012.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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