The approach to the patient with a difficult melanocytic lesion.

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Published in Pathology on October 01, 2004

Authors

David E Elder1, Xiaowei Xu

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA. elder@mail.med.upenn.edu

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