{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,16]],"date-time":"2023-09-16T07:12:19Z","timestamp":1694848339140},"reference-count":57,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"12","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,7]],"date-time":"2018-05-07T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1525651200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/termsAndConditions#vor"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Acad Dermatol Venereol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,12]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Acquired naevi often present in childhood and increase in number and size during early and middle life. As naevi represent potential mimickers of melanoma, the knowledge of their epidemiologic and morphologic characteristics is essential.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, we intend to determine the prevalence of dermoscopic patterns of naevi, as well their association with environmental and constitutional factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cross\u2010sectional data derived from a population\u2010based cohort of children and adolescents aged 6\u201318\u00a0years, from 12 different schools in Thessaloniki, Greece. For each participant, a consent form and a questionnaire were completed, which included data on age, sex, phototype, sun sensitivity, sun exposure, sunscreen use and previous sunburn history. All naevi, their body distribution, and their dermoscopic patterns were recorded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two thousand and five hundred and five (2505) subjects were enrolled into the study (47.8% males and 52.2% females). The mean number of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MN<\/jats:styled-content> counted in a single person was 29.11 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a0\u00b123.863). <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNC<\/jats:styled-content> increased continuously with higher age. Males were found to have a significantly increased number on the trunk (11.7\u00a0\u00b1\u00a011.2 and 10.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a08.7, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and face and neck (6.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05.3 and 5.1\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.3, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) while females on the upper (10.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a010.1 and 9.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a09.4, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.008) and lower extremities (2.8\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.4 and 2.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.2, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.008). Globular pattern was the most frequent dominant pattern in lower age groups, and its percentage fell as age increased. On the contrary, the reticular pattern was more often documented in individuals in adolescence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This first study of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MN<\/jats:styled-content> in our young population aims to be the basis of further investigation for the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MM<\/jats:styled-content> preventive policy of our state.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jdv.14996","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,10]],"date-time":"2018-04-10T06:38:56Z","timestamp":1523342336000},"page":"2142-2148","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Dermoscopic features of melanocytic skin lesions in Greek children and adolescents and their association with environmental factors and skin types"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"A.","family":"Papakonstantinou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D.","family":"Ioannides","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Vakirlis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Savvoulidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Lallas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Z.","family":"Apalla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Sotiriou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Lazaridou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Department of Dermatology\u2010Venereology Aristotle University Medical School Thessaloniki Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008980919928"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejca.2004.10.016"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejca.2005.03.034"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.0022-202x.2001.01415.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1990.01670300070010"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"199","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.84.2.199","article-title":"Nonfamilial cutaneous melanoma incidence in women associated with sun exposure before 20\u00a0years of age","volume":"84","author":"Weinstock MA","year":"1989","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0190-9622(95)90294-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0190-9622(92)70133-Z"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jnci\/81.12.948"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejca.2004.10.015"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ijc.20812"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/CMR.0b013e3282f20192"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.aje.a117011"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_15_1","first-page":"445","article-title":"Use of host factors to identify people at high risk for cutaneous malignant melanoma","volume":"147","author":"Marrett LD","year":"1992","journal-title":"Can Med Assoc J"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.292.6535.1555"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00008390-200206000-00011"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.139.3.282"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.137.12.1575"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2310\/7750.2006.00045"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2007.07972.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2008.08510.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2005.06973.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-3083.2008.02887.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-3083.2011.04342.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000183179"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_27_1","volume-title":"Epidemiological Studies of Melanocytic Nevi: Protocol for Identifying and Recording Nevi. IARC Internal Reports No 90\u2044002","author":"English DR","year":"1990"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1988.01670060015008"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.140.5.545"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archdermatol.2009.115"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.jid.5700334"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00015550410025903"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.135.1.47"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1201","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1992.01680190057006","article-title":"Benign pigmented nevi in children. Prevalence and associated factors: the West Midlands, United Kingdom Mole Study","volume":"128","author":"Pope DJ","year":"1992","journal-title":"Arch Dermatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00008390-199506000-00003"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_36_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.139.12.1620"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_37_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00051303"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.aje.a009058"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_39_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/jid.2012.183"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_40_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ijc.10629"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_41_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0190-9622(93)70151-I"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_42_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00008390-199201000-00008"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_43_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2003","DOI":"10.1158\/1055-9965.2003.13.12","article-title":"Sex differences in numbers of nevi on body sites of young European children: implications for the etiology of cutaneous melanoma","volume":"13","author":"Autier P","year":"2004","journal-title":"Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1990.01670280050008"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_45_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1684\/ejd.2014.2482"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_46_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.20073"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(05)70937-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0190-9622(99)70562-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_49_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1473","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1996.03890360063011","article-title":"Increase of melanocytic nevus counts in children during 5\u00a0years of follow\u2010up and analysis of associated factors","volume":"132","author":"Luther H","year":"1996","journal-title":"Arch Dermatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_50_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pbiomolbio.2011.08.010"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.283.22.2955"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaad.2012.10.057"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1525-1470.2012.01847.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jnci\/90.24.1873"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_55_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1158\/1055-9965.EPI-07-0453"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_56_1","first-page":"825","article-title":"Sunburn associated with increased number of nevi in darker as well as lighter skinned adolescents of northern European descent","volume":"4","author":"Dwyer T","year":"1995","journal-title":"Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_57_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.aje.a116499"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_58_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2007.08404.x"}],"container-title":["Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fjdv.14996","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/jdv.14996","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,15]],"date-time":"2023-09-15T04:13:55Z","timestamp":1694751235000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jdv.14996"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,7]]},"references-count":57,"journal-issue":{"issue":"12","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,12]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/jdv.14996"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jdv.14996","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0926-9959","1468-3083"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0926-9959","type":"print"},{"value":"1468-3083","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,7]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2018-01-07","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2018-03-15","order":1,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2018-05-07","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}