Nevus marginatus: A distinct type of epidermal nevus or merely a variant of nevus sebaceus?

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-238

  Hafner, Christian ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital; Epidermal nevus; Sebaceous gland

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA ISOLATION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; NEVUS MARGINATUS; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS NEVUS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS; NEVUS SEBACEOUS OF JADASSOHN; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40949121089     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112933     Document Type: Article

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