title: A dual concept of nevogenesis: theoretical considerations based on dermoscopic features of melanocytic nevi.
abstract: The dermoscopic features of melanocytic nevi in children are clearly different from those in adults. While nevi in children show almost exclusively globular patterns, those in adults usually exhibit reticular patterns. These remarkable differences could be explained by a dual concept of nevogenesis, based on current clinico-epidemiologic, dermoscopic, histopathologic and genetic data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Graz, Austria. iris.zalaudek@meduni-graz.at
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zalaudek
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hofmann-Wellenhof
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kittler
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Argenziano
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerl
authors.forename: H Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Soyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046169:Dermoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*