Lumps and bumps in children-when to worry: Recent trends in recognition and pathology of hemangiomas of infancy and Spitz nevi

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 392-395

  Lyon, Valerie B ^a,b,c  

^a Ctr for Res for Mothers/Children   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

APITZ NEVI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANCY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3442889961     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000133631.33920.06     Document Type: Review

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