A truly unusual overgrowth syndrome: An alternative diagnosis to Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-494

  Alomari, Ahmad I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Klippel Tr naunay syndrome; Vascular anomalies

Indexed keywords

ANGIOOSTEOHYPERTROPHY SYNDROME; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPISTAXIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; VARICOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KLIPPEL-TRENAUNAY-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 67650086598     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1821     Document Type: Letter

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