Proteus syndrome: Diagnosis in adulthood

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-136

  Child, F J ^a,b   Werring, D J ^a   Du Vivier, A W P ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0031821049     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02330.x     Document Type: Article

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