Café-au-lait macules: Are these markers of neoplasia of genetic origin?

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-235

  Thami, Gurvinder P ^a   Garg, Geeta ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Caf au lait macules; Neoplasia; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; COWDEN SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 2342580663     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077400     Document Type: Article

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