Infantile myofibromatosis: A cause of leg length discrepancy

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 520-522

  Orozco Covarrubias, Luz ^a   Soriano Hernández, Yaara ^a   Durán McKinster, Carola ^a   Tamayo Sánchez, Lourdes ^a   Ruiz Maldonado, Ramón ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEIOMYOMA; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TUMOR; VISCERA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MYOFIBROMATOSIS; SARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036861070     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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