Dysplastic naevi with moderate to severe histological dysplasia: a risk factor for melanoma
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Dysplastic naevi with moderate to severe histological dysplasia: a risk factor for melanoma.
BACKGROUND The risk of malignant melanoma associated with histologically dysplastic naevi (HDN) has not been defined. While clinically atypical naevi appear to confer an independent risk of melanoma, no study has evaluated the extent to which HDN are predictive of melanoma. OBJECTIVES To estimate the risk of melanoma associated with HDN. Secondarily, the risk associated with number of naevi a...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-0963
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07466.x