Congenital giant hairy nevi and neurofibromatosis: The significance of their common origin [1]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1364-1365

  Silfen, Ram ^a   Skoll, Paul J ^a   Hudson, Donald A ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL GIANT HAIRY NEVUS; CONGENITAL NEVUS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEURAL CREST; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SKIN BIOPSY; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

EID: 0036785494     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200210000-00031     Document Type: Letter

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