Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and Sturge-Weber syndrome: Variations on a theme?

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-241

  Vissers, Wynand ^a   Van Steensel, Maurice ^b   Steijlen, Peter ^a   Renier, Willy ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Carine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Klippel Trenaunay syndrome; Lethal gene theory; Mosaicism; Sturge Weber syndrome; Vascular malformations

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANGIOOSTEOHYPERTROPHY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DYSPLASIA; EPIPHYSIODESIS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINGEAL DYSPLASIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENINX DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TELANGIECTASIA; VARICOSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLIPPEL-TRENAUNAY-WEBER SYNDROME; MOSAICISM; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0037783425     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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