Melanocytic dysplastic naevi occupy the middle ground between benign melanocytic naevi and cutaneous malignant melanomas: emerging clues.

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Published in J Clin Pathol on May 01, 2005

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M R Hussein1

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1: Department of Pathology, Assiut University Hospital, Egypt. mrh17@swissinfo.org

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