Multiple glomus tumors and segmental neurofibromatosis: There are no coincidences

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 4-

  Cabral, Rita ^a   Santiago, F ^a   Tellechea, O ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; GLOMUS TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PAPULE; SEGMENTAL NEUROFIBROMATOSIS;

GENES, DOMINANT; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953039957     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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