A newborn with acanthosis nigricans: Can it be crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans?

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Sharda, Sheetal ^a   Panigrahi, Inusha ^a   Gupta, Kirti ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; AIRWAY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST AREOLA; CASE REPORT; CHOANA ATRESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CROUZON SYNDROME; DYSTOCIA; EAR LOBE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDERMIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIA; LOW SET EAR; MALE; MAXILLA; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEWBORN; NOSE; ORBIT; PALMAR DERMATOGLYPHICS; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCROTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; XERODERMA;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; BIOPSY; CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; FACIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 77649175918     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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