Skin markers of occult spinal dysraphism in children: A review of 54 cases

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1109-1115

  Guggisberg, David ^a   Hadj Rabia, Smaïl ^a   Viney, Caroline ^a   Bodemer, Christine ^a   Brunelle, Francis ^a   Zerah, Michel ^a   Pierre Kahn, Alain ^a   De Prost, Yves ^a   Hamel Teillac, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BUTTOCK; CHILD; DERMAL SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIMPLE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GLUTEUS FURROW DEVIATION; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INFANT; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL MIDLINE CUTANEOUS LESION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT SPINE MALFORMATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MARKER; SPINE MALFORMATION; TAIL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 4544315169     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.9.1109     Document Type: Review

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