Multiple primary melanomas: Do they look the same?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1267-1272

  Moscarella, E ^a,b   Rabinovitz, H ^c   Puig, S ^d,e   Zalaudek, I ^f   Oliviero, M C ^c   Brown, L ^c   Alarcon, I ^d   Malvehy, J ^d,e   Longo, C ^b   Formisano, D ^b   Carrera, C ^d,e   Badenas, C ^d,e   Piana, S ^b   Albertini, G ^b   Pellacani, G ^a   Argenziano, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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

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

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878625303     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12260     Document Type: Article

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