Benign cephalic histiocytosis in Singapore - A review of 8 cases

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 697-699

  Khoo, B P ^a   Tay, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benign; Brownish papules; Non Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Self healing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SINGAPORE;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033218414     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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