Spotted and rippled reticulate hypermelanosis: A possible variant of Dowling-Degos disease [19]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 196-198

  Oiso, N ^a   Tsuruta, D ^b   Ota, T ^a   Kobayashi, H ^b   Kawada, A ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWLING DEGOS DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMELANOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPANESE; LETTER; MELANOSIS; ONSET AGE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; SYMPTOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33845515481     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07592.x     Document Type: Letter

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