Neurocutaneous melanosis and Dandy-Walker syndrome in an infant

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 356-359

  Green, Lawrence J ^a,b   Nanda, Vandana S ^a   Roth, Gerald M ^a   Barr, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN TUMOR;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031008658     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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