Simultaneous occurrence of infantile hemangioma and congenital melanocytic nevus: Coincidence or real association?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Peggy A ^a   Mancini, Anthony J ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^c   Frieden, Ilona J ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECAPLERMIN; PREDNISOLONE; XIPAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED;

EID: 38049048738     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.085     Document Type: Article

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