Desmoplastic hairless hypopigmented nevus (DHHN). A distinct variant of giant melanocytic nevus

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 451-453

  Boente, María Del Carmen ^a   Asial, Raúl A ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Dermatológicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Congenital melanocytic nevus; Desmoplastic hairless hypopigmented nevus; Nevus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIM PROTEIN;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BACK; BUTTOCK; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DESMOPLASTIC HAIRLESS HYPOPIGMENTED NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVOLUTION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEVUS CELL; PERINEUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; SCROTUM; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN TUMOR; XEROSIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28244481403     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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