Spitz nevi: Beliefs, behaviors, and experiences of pediatric dermatologists

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-291

  Tlougan, Brook E ^a   Orlow, Seth J ^a   Schaffer, Julie V ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISTANT METASTASIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; INVOLUTION; JUVENILE MELANOMA; JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DERMATOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875407452     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.1124     Document Type: Article

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