A Laugier-Hunziker syndrome associated with esophageal melanocytosis

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 162-164

  Yamamoto, Osamu ^a   Yoshinaga, Kentaro ^a   Asahi, Masakazu ^a   Murata, Ikuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal melanocytosis; Fontana Masson staining; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Labial melanosis; Laugier Hunziker syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LAUGIER HUNZIKER SYNDROME; LIP; MELANOCYTOSIS; MOUTH; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032741894     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018227     Document Type: Article

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