Acral lentiginous melanoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acral lentiginous melanoma, or a subtype of Acral lentiginous melanoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Introduction
Prognosis of Acral lentiginous melanoma: Early detection improves prognosis.
Complications of Acral lentiginous melanoma:
see complications of Acral lentiginous melanoma
Causes of Acral lentiginous melanoma: see causes of Acral lentiginous melanoma
Symptoms of Acral lentiginous melanoma: see symptoms of Acral lentiginous melanoma
Complications of Acral lentiginous melanoma: see complications of Acral lentiginous melanoma
Onset of Acral lentiginous melanoma: 60 to 70 yrs
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Acral lentiginous melanoma.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Acral lentiginous melanoma.
Treatments for Acral lentiginous melanoma:
see treatments for Acral lentiginous melanoma
Research for Acral lentiginous melanoma:
see research for Acral lentiginous melanoma
Main name of condition: Acral lentiginous melanoma
Other names or spellings for Acral lentiginous melanoma:ALM, subungual melanoma.
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