Size of the Junctional Nests can Predict in situ Melanoma Behavior

  • Luciana Pantaleão Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ – Brazil; Dermatopathologist certified by the International Society of Dermatopathology
  • Licínio Esmeraldo Silva Adjunct professor of Biostatistics; Department of Statistic, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
  • Mayra Carrijo Rochael Associate professor of Anatomic Pathology; Department of Pathology, Fluminense Federal University Dermatopathologist certified by the International Society of Dermatopathology, Brazil
Keywords: Carcinoma in situ, Neoplasm Metastasis, Melanoma, Skin Neoplasms, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Recurrence

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Published
2017-04-17
How to Cite
Pantaleão, L., Esmeraldo Silva, L., & Carrijo Rochael, M. (2017). Size of the Junctional Nests can Predict in situ Melanoma Behavior. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 75(1), 99-100. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.75.1.727
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