Congenital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Variability in presentation

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Weinstein, Jill M ^a   Drolet, Beth A ^b   Esterly, Nancy B ^b   Rogers, Maureen ^c   Bauer, Bruce S ^a   Wagner, Annette M ^a   Mancini, Anthony J ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037320002     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.2.207     Document Type: Article

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