The venous nevus: A distinct vascular malformation suggesting mosaicism

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Zietz, Sabrina ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^b   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mosaicism; Nevus venosus; Postzygotic mutations; Vascular nevi; Venous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOSAICISM; NEVUS; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENOUS NEVUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 36349004191     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109355     Document Type: Article

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