Factors associated with nevus volatility in early adolescence

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2469-2471

  Oliveria, Susan A ^a   Scope, Alon ^a,b   Satagopan, Jaya M ^a   Geller, Alan C ^c   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Weinstock, Martin A ^d   Berwick, Marianne ^e   Bishop, Marilyn ^f   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f Walsh Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; NEVUS VOLATILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISPANIC; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84906324520     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.189     Document Type: Letter

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