Becker's melanosis: A report of 12 cases with atypical presentation

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-24

  Alfadley, Abdullah ^a,b   Hainau, Bo ^a   Al Robaee, Ahmed ^a   Banka, Nusrat ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BECKER MELANOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; ONSET AGE; SKIN BIOPSY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOSIS;

EID: 13444304434     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02077.x     Document Type: Article

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