Dermatological clue to diagnosis of Degos disease in a 2-year-old with obscure chronic abdominal pain

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-182

  Jalil, Jawad ^a   Shafique, Mobeen ^a   Rashid Dar, Nasser ^a,b  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Degos disease; Malignant atrophic papulosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALIGNANT ATROPHIC PAPULOSIS; PAPULE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALIGNANT ATROPHIC PAPULOSIS;

EID: 38849206329     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807306776     Document Type: Article

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