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THE INCIDENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PIGMENTED NAEVI IN UGANDAN AFRICANS
Author(s) -
LEWIS M. G.,
JOHNSON K.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1968.tb12321.x
Subject(s) - dermatology , medicine , incidence (geometry) , melanoma , malignant transformation , distribution (mathematics) , nevus , melanocytic nevus , pathology , cancer research , physics , optics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
SUMMARY. The frequency and regional distribution of pigmented naevi has been studied in Ugandan Africans. An average of 11 naevi was present in each adult. The association between the distribution of naevi and that of malignant melanoma is discussed and evidence is presented that pigmented skin is able to prevent the malignant transformation of naevi and the spread of already established malignant melanoma.