Dermoscopy and confocal microscopy of nested melanoma of the elderly recognizing a newly defined entity

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 941-945

  Longo, Caterina ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^a,b   Piana, Simonetta ^c   Pellacani, Giovanni ^d   Lallas, Aimilios ^a   Reggiani, Camilla ^d   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Rheumatology Unit   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONSULTATION; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NESTED MELANOMA OF THE ELDERLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883197220     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.321     Document Type: Article

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