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Epidermal Nevi and the Epidermal Nevus Syndromes: A Review of 233 Cases
Author(s) -
Rogers Maureen
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1992.tb00623.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , nevus , cancer research , melanoma
It is likely that most if not an epidermal nevi can be explained on the basis of genetic mosaiciam, with each at the many types ot nevi representing the cutaneous manifestation of a different mosaic phenotype. Hence there are potentially many different epidermal nevus syndromes.