Dermoscopy of pigmented Spitz and Reed nevi: the starburst pattern.
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چکیده
Richard Marchell, MD; Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD; Ralph P. Braun, MD; Giuseppe Argenziano, MD; Departments of Dermatology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY (Dr Marchell), University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (Dr Braun), and Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy (Dr Argenziano); and the Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (Dr Marghoob)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of dermatology
دوره 141 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005