Neurocutaneous melanosis: Clinical presentations

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 921-925

  Plikaitis, Christina M ^a,b   David, Lisa R ^a,b   Argenta, Louis C ^a,b  

^a Wake Forest University School of Medicine ^*

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26444486408     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000180656.35263.d4     Document Type: Review

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