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Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome in infants: improving diagnosis.
Child: care, health and development - 1 May 2005
Pastorino L, Cusano R, Baldo C, Forzano F, Nasti S, Di Rocco M, Carta M, Bricarelli F Dagna, Faravelli F, Scarrà G Bianchi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (NBCCS) in infants may pose significant challenges to clinicians owing to its variable expressivity and age-related manifestations. METHODS: We report two paediatric cases of NBCCS who presented initially with a non-specific phenotype. RESULTS: In case 1, a diagnosis of NBCCS was possible only after the father was interviewed and found to present with...
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