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Malignant Melanoma in Jordan
Author(s) -
Oumeish Oumeish Youssef
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.1984.23.7.480
Subject(s) - venereology , section (typography) , medicine , citation , dermatology , library science , computer science , operating system
Seventy-four patients with primary cutaneous malignant melanoma were diagnosed in Jordan from June 1969 until April 1983. The percentage of melanomas to the total number of biopsied tumors was 4.1, and the prevalence of melanoma in the population of Jordan was 2.1 in 100,000. This is the first study of its kind on melanoma in Jordan and is based mainly on cases seen at three major referral centers.