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Risk factors in elderly people for lentigo maligna compared with other melanomas: a double case-control study.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Apr 2009
Gaudy-Marqueste Caroline, Madjlessi Nika, Guillot Bernard, Avril Marie-Françoise, Grob Jean-Jacques
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess lentigo maligna (LM) as an epidemiological entity separate from other melanomas (OMs) in elderly people. DESIGN: Double age- and sex-matched case-control study to compare the risk factors for LMs and OMs. SETTING: General community. Patients A total of 76 patients with LM were paired by age and sex with 76 patients with OMs and 152 controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The association of melanoma...
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