Spitz nevus and its variants

Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 151-163

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^b   Moscarella, Elvira ^a   Giorgio, Caterina M ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-35106-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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