Multiple familial keratoacanthoma of Witten and Zak - A report of three siblings

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 396-399

  Agarwal, Manjul ^a,b   Chander, R ^a   Karmakar, S ^a   Walia, R ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Maurya Enclave ^*  (India)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil, intravenous; Multiple familal keratoacanthoma

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 0032806185     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018157     Document Type: Article

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