A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites. It occurs mostly in adults and may originate de novo or from a pigmented nevus or malignant lentigo. Melanomas frequently metastasize widely, and the regional lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain are likely to be involved. The incidence of malignant skin melanomas is rising rapidly in all parts of the world. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, p2445)
A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites. It occurs mostly in adults and may originate de novo or from a pigmented nevus or malignant lentigo. Melanomas frequently metastasize widely, and the regional lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain are likely to be involved. The incidence of malignant skin melanomas is rising rapidly in all parts of the world. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, p2445)
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Mélanome. : From melanocytes to melanoma : the progression to malignancy / edited by Vincent J. Hearing, Stanley P.L. Leong
2006
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Melanomen. : Melanoma techniques and protocols : molecular diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring / edited by Brian J. Nickoloff ; foreword by Leroy Hood
2001
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Melanosis -- ethnology : Melasma and vitiligo in brown skin / Evangeline B. Handog, Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, editors
2017
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Melanosomes -- physiology : Melanins and Melanosomes : Biosynthesis, Biogenesis, Physiological, and Pathological Functions
A mitochondrial disorder characterized by focal or generalized seizures, episodes of transient or persistent neurologic dysfunction resembling strokes, and ragged-red fibers on muscle biopsy. Affected individuals tend to be normal at birth through early childhood, then experience growth failure, episodic vomiting, and recurrent cerebral insults resulting in visual loss and hemiparesis. The cortical lesions tend to occur in the parietal and occipital lobes and are not associated with vascular occlusion. VASCULAR HEADACHE is frequently associated and the disorder tends to be familial. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, p117)
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Melastomataceae. : Systematics, evolution, and ecology of melastomataceae / Renato Goldenberg, Fabián A. Michelangeli, Frank Almeda, editors
Melatonin -- metabolism. : Biological clocks : mechanisms and applications : proceedings of the International Congress on Chronobiology, Paris, 7-11 September 1997 / editor, Yvan Touitou ; under the patronage of Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) ... [and others]
1998
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Melatonin -- Physiological aspects : Melatonin and melatonergic drugs in clinical practice / Venkataramanujan Srinivasan, Amnon Brzezinski, Sukru Oter, Samuel D. Shillcutt, editors
Here are entered works on the people who inhabit the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, parts of Borneo, and some small adjacent islands, and who call themselves Orang Melayu
