A prospective study of cutaneous manifestations of spinal dysraphism from India

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 688-695

  Sardana, Kabir ^a   Gupta, Rima ^b   Garg, Vijay K ^a   Mishra, Devendra ^a   Mishra, Puneet ^c   Grover, Chander ^c   Mendiratta, Vibhu ^d  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELANOTIC NEVUS; ARTICLE; BECKER NEVUS; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUTANEOUS PIGMENTARY MOSAICISM; DERMATOLOGY; DIMPLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMAL NEVUS; FAUN TAIL NEVUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MONGOLIAN SPOT; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEVOID HYPERMELANOSIS; NEVOID HYPOMELANOSIS; NEVUS ANEMICUS; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN HAMARTOMA; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN LIPOMA; SKIN LIPOMYELOMENINGOCOELE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN MYELOMENINGOCOELE; SKIN NEUROFIBROMA; SKIN TUMOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 73449116064     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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