Giant congenital melanocytic nevi, neurocutaneous melanosis and neurological alterations

Dermatology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Ruiz Maldonado, R ^a   del Rosario Barona Mazuera, M ^a   Hidalgo Galvan L R ^a   Medina Crespo, V ^a   Duran Mc kinster C ^a   Tamayo Sanchez L ^a   Mora Tizcareno M A ^b   Zuloaga, A ^c   de la Luz Orozco Covarrubias, M ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Giant melanocytic nevi; Neurocutaneous melanosis; Neurological alterations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030875994     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000245713     Document Type: Article

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