Neurocutaneous melanosis and malignant melanoma;Neurokutane melanose und malignes melanom

Hautarzt

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 971-974

  Tartler, U ^a   Mang, R ^a   Schulte, K W ^a   Hengge, U ^a   Megahed, M ^a   Reifenberger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastasis; Malignant melanoma; Neurocutaneous melanosis; Neurological symptoms; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOBLASTOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 6344284129     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-004-0807-3     Document Type: Article

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