Patchy dermal hypoplasia as a characteristic feature of proteus syndrome

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-80

  Happle, Rudolf ^a   Steijlen, Peter M ^b   Theile, Ursel ^c   Karitzky, Dietrich ^d   Tinschert, Sigrid ^e   Albrecht Nebe, Helga ^e   Küster, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Prov Genetic Counselling Clinic   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM LEVERKUSEN   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LIPOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031039269     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.1.77     Document Type: Article

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