Giant Nevi: A Review

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1210-1215

  Chung, Connie ^a   Forte, Antonio Jorge V ^a   Narayan, Deepak ^a   Persing, John ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Giant Nevi; Pathology; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATROPHY; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DENDRITIC CELL; DIFFUSE LIPOMATOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPLASIA; IMPLANT; KERATINOCYTE; LIMB ATROPHY; LIMB DISEASE; LIPOMATOSIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOBLASTOSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SKULL; SKULL HYPERTROPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITILIGO;

HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845598409     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000231619.95263.a2     Document Type: Article

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