Neurocutaneous melanosis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Di Rocco, F ^a   Sabatino, G ^a   Koutzoglou, M ^b   Battaglia, D ^a   Caldarelli, M ^a   Tamburrini, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital nevi; Leptomeningeal melanosis; Neurocutaneous syndrome; Phakomatosi

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CELL; SKIN SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOSIS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0742272444     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0835-9     Document Type: Article

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