Dermoscopic changes in melanocytic naevi in children during digital follow-up

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-429

  Belloni Fortina, Anna ^a   Zattra, Edoardo ^a   Bernardini, Bianca ^a   Alaibac, Mauro ^a   Peserico, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Changes; Dermoscopy; Melanocytic; Naevi; Pattern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863445756     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1306     Document Type: Article

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