Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis: A report of four cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-209

  Yahya, Husain ^a,b   Rafindadi, Abdulmu'min Hassan ^a,b  

^a Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDERMIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC SCROTUM CALCINOSIS; MALE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RARE DISEASE; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCROTUM;

EID: 15844428774     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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