Dermatoscopic findings of cutaneous mastocytosis

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-230

  Akay, Bengü Nisa ^a   Kittler, Harald ^b,c   Sanli, Hatice ^a   Harmankaya, Kaan ^b,c   Anadolu, Rana ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mastocytosis; Dermatoscopy; Pigment network; Reticular vascular pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS MASTOCYTOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TELANGIECTASIA; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; SKIN;

EID: 62049085718     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000182260     Document Type: Article

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