Hypomelanosis of Ito and Sturge-Weber Syndrome Without Facial Nevus: An Association or a New Syndrome?

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-397

  Deǧerliyurt, Aydan ^a   Kantar, Asli ^a   Ceylaner, Serdar ^b   Aysun, Sabiha ^c  

^a Diskapi Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Intergen Genetics Center   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

BRAIN; CHILD; FACE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEVUS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 64549131651     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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