Desmoplastic hairless hypopigmented naevus: A variant of giant congenital melanocytic naevus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1253-1257

  Ruiz Maldonado, Ramón ^a   Orozco Covarrubias, L ^a   Ridaura Sanz, C ^a   Duran Mckinster C ^a   Del Mar Saez De Ocariz Gutierrez M ^a   Tamayo Sanchez L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic; Giant congenital melanocytic naevus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ACANTHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNITY; INFANT; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MEXICO; NEVUS; NEVUS CELL; PEDIATRICS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FIBROSIS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037670572     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05354.x     Document Type: Article

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