Diffuse melanosis cutis: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 482-488

  Sebaratnam, Deshan F ^a   Venugopal, Supriya S ^a,d   Frew, John W ^a   McMillan, James R ^b   Finkelstein, Eve R ^c   Martin, Linda K ^a   Murrell, Dédée F ^a,d  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Meuchedet Health Services   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

diffuse melanosis cutis; malignant melanoma; melanodermia; melanosis; melanuria; paraneoplastic syndromes

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

CINAHL; DERMIS; DIFFUSE MELANOSIS CUTIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMBASE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME OF DEATH;

DERMIS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MELANOSOMES; PROGNOSIS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84873728563     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.08.018     Document Type: Review

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