Decoding Negative Pigment Network

Decoding Negative Pigment Network

Authors

  • Luísa Polo-Silveira Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1728-8058
  • Alon Scope The Kittner Skin Cancer Screening & Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan and Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Joelle Feghali Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, U.S.A.
  • Klaus Busam Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, U.S.A.
  • Ashfaq Marghoob Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, U.S.A.

Keywords:

Dermoscopy, Negative network, Negative pigment network, Reticular depigmentation, Inverse network

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Published

2026-01-30

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): 2026 Vol 16, No 1 | January

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Research Letter

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Polo-Silveira L, Scope A, Feghali J, Busam K, Marghoob A. Decoding Negative Pigment Network. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2026;16(1):7002. doi:10.5826/dpc.1601a7002

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