Hypermelanocytic guttate and macular segmental hypomelanosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 701-705

  Westerhof, W ^a   Dingemans, K P ^a   Hulsmans, R F H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Praktijk De Heerderein ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypomelanosis; Melanocyte

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRITE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMELANOCYTIC GUTTATE; HYPOMELANOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MACULAR SEGMENTAL HYPOMELANOSIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; MELANOSOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTES; SIBLINGS; SKIN;

EID: 4944260445     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06126.x     Document Type: Article

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