Familial Aplasia Cutis Congenita of the Scalp: A Case Report and Review

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 500-502

  Tan, H H ^a   Tay, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Absence of skin; Autosomal dominant inheritance; Congenital; Scalp defects

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ALOPECIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0031174988     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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