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Circumscribed Pigmented Lesions Composed of Basilar Melanocytes

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Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Melanoma

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Barnhill, R.L. (2014). Circumscribed Pigmented Lesions Composed of Basilar Melanocytes. In: Barnhill, R., Piepkorn, M., Busam, K. (eds) Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Melanoma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38385-4_4

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