Unilateral facial telangiectases suggest type 1 segmental manifestation of Osier-Rendu-Weber syndrome in an 11-year-old boy

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 537-539

  Poblete Gutiérrez, Pamela ^a   Rübben, Albert ^a   Merk, Hans F ^a   Frank, Jorge ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mosaicism; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Osler weber rendu syndrome; Segmental skin disorder; Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPISTAXIS; FACE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELANGIECTASIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; EPISTAXIS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 0346158421     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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