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Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric… | 01.03.2018, THE LEADING DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR GPS, Leg dressings and other bandaging techniques, Diplomas and other educational programmes, New clinical chapter: Diabetic dermopathy, Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric…, Although sun exposure has a role to play, the association is weaker than with superficial spreading melanoma and lentigo maligna melanoma, The level of risk is not associated with total numbers of melanocytic naevi, For more information refer to related chapter on, It grows more rapidly than other types of melanoma and has vertical growth phase (with capacity for invasion) from the beginning, Can arise anywhere but are most common on sun-exposed areas, Can be dark brown or black, blue-black and up to 50% are hypo/amelanotic and pink-red in colour, The surface can be smooth, rough, or crusted, For more information refer to the section on. Nelson R. 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