Dowling-Degos disease with dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria-like pigmentation in a family

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 702-704

  Sandhu, K ^a   Saraswat, A ^a   Kanwar, A J ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria; Familial; Reticulate pigmented anomaly of flexures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDERMIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALIGNANT ATROPHIC PAPULOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES, GENETIC;

EID: 7244242474     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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