A giant congenital nevus spilus in an 8-year-old girl

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 701-704

  Leung, Alexander K C ^a,c   Kao, C Pion ^a   Robson, W Lane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Children's Clinic   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital; Giant; Mongolian spot; Nevus spilus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONGENITAL NEVUS SPILUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MONGOLIAN SPOT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THIGH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33845650635     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850309     Document Type: Article

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