Two cases of cephalic Becker nevus with asymmetrical growth of beard or scalp hair

Dermatology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-338

  De Almeida Jr , Hiram Larangeira ^a,c   Happle, Rudolf ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Dermatologia Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgens; Asymmetry of hair growth; Becker nevus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ACNE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOSIS; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP DERMATOSES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142227845     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073107     Document Type: Article

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