## BACKGROUND. Malignant melanoma (MM) is one of the least common types of childhood cancer, accounting for less than 1% of all pediatric malignancies. Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare phakomatosis consisting of congenital abnormal pigmentation of the skin and meninges. The meningeal lesio
Malignant melanoma in childhood
โ Scribed by Amir H. Mehregan; David A. Mehregan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 928 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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