Clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of desmoplastic melanomas

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-421

  Jaimes, Natalia ^a   Chen, Lucy ^a   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Carrera, Cristina ^b,c   Puig, Susana ^b,c   Thomas, Luc ^d   Kelly, John W ^e   Dang, Lucy ^e   Zalaudek, Iris ^f,g   Braun, Ralph P ^h   Menzies, Scott W ⁱ   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MORPHOLOGY; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN NODULE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, SPINDLE CELL; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84876844351     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.2248     Document Type: Article

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