Clinical characteristics of Becker's nevus in children: Report of 118 cases from Italy

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-574

  Patrizi, Annalisa ^a   Medri, Matelda ^a   Raone, Beatrice ^a   Bianchi, Federica ^a   Aprile, Sylvia ^a   Neri, Iria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Tumori Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACNE; ARTICLE; BECKER NEVUS; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENODERMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; ITALY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84866345735     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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