A hairy development in hypertrichosis: A brief review of Ambras syndrome

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Rashid, Rashid M ^a   White, Lucile E ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBRAS SYNDROME; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GINGIVA FIBROMATOSIS; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; KNOWLEDGE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HISTORY; NOMENCLATURE; SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HAIR; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 34547226146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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