Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1001-1013, December 2009

New insights into nevogenesis: In vivo characterization and follow-up of melanocytic nevi by reflectance confocal microscopy

  • Giovanni Pellacani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Giovanni Pellacani, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy.
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  • Alon Scope, MD

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Barbara Ferrari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • Gaia Pupelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • Sara Bassoli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • Caterina Longo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • Anna Maria Cesinaro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Argenziano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Josep Malvehy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut de Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), and Centro de Investigacion Biomedica En Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Raras, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Susana Puig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut de Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), and Centro de Investigacion Biomedica En Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Raras, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Stefania Seidenari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • H. Peter Soyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dermatology Group, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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  • Iris Zalaudek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Accepted 4 April 2009. published online 15 October 2009.

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    •  Supported by the Grant of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità–Italy (project No. 527/B/3A/4), by the Elise Richter Program (project No. V9-B05; NCT00422448) of the Austrian Science Fund, and by the grant from the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain (project No. 06/0265).

     Conflicts of interest: None declared.

    PII: S0190-9622(09)00514-3

    doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.018

    Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
    Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1001-1013, December 2009