Congenital melanocytic nevi and nevus spilus have a tendency to follow the lines of Blaschko: An examination of 200 cases

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-163

  Hanayama, Hiromi ^a,b   Terashi, Hiroto ^a   Hashikawa, Kazunobu ^a   Tahara, Shinya ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital melanocytic nevi; Lines of Blaschko; Nevus spilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MOSAICISM; PIGMENT DISORDER;

HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846837579     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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