Diffuse plexiform neurofibroma in a 13-year-old girl

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 163-166

  Khachemoune, Amor ^a   Al Aboud, Khalid ^b   Al Hawsawi, Khalid ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INGUINAL REGION; LENTIGO; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PAIN; SKIN BIOPSY; THIGH;

EID: 3142580334     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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