Infantile myofibroma in a prematurely born twin: A case report

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-349

  Jurčić, Vesna ^a   Perković, Tanja ^a   Pohar Marinšek, Živa ^b   Hvala, Asta ^a   Lazar, Inka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT DISEASE; INFANTILE MYOFIBROMA; LEIOMYOMA; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEIOMYOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0041706062     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20416.x     Document Type: Article

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