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Melanoma

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Melanomas are malignant tumors arising from pigment cells: melanocytes. They arise from the neural crest, a transitory embryological structure at the dorsal borders of the neural plate.

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Gynecology, Lyon 1 University and Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France

    Sandra Ronger Savle

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Galilee Medical Center, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Medicine, Nahariya, Israel

    Jacob Bornstein

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Ronger Savle, S. (2019). Melanoma. In: Bornstein, J. (eds) Vulvar Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61621-6_41

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