Large congenital melanotic nevi in an extremity with neurocutaneous melanocytosis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Becher, Oren J ^a,b   Souweidane, Mark ^c   Lavi, Ehud ^c   Kramer, Kim ^b   Lis, Eric ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^b   Khakoo, Yasmin ^b  

^a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ^*  (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LIMB; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THIGH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 60449086912     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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