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NEVUS, EPIDERMAL (disorder)

Known as: Epidermal Nevus, Nevus, Epidermal, Epidermal nevi 
A benign, pigmented skin growth caused by an overgrowth of the epidermis. It is typically seen at birth, but can develop in early childhood or later… 
National Institutes of Health

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APLASIA CUTIS CONGENITA WITH EPIBULBAR DERMOIDSIntegumentary systemMelanocytic nevus of skinMultiple nevi

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1986
1986
Purified epidermal pentapeptide inhibits proliferation and enhances terminal differentiation in cultured mouse epidermal cells.
Skin extracts contain an epidermal mitosis inhibitor that recently has been purified and identified as a pentapeptide. To develop… 
1986
1986
Biochemical demonstration and immunohistochemical localization of calpain in human skin.
The biochemical properties and immunohistochemical localization of calpain, a Ca++-dependent, intracellular, nonlysosomal… 
1983
1983
Keratin expression during normal epidermal differentiation.
The four major epidermal keratins (65-67K, 58K, 56K, and 50K) have been localized in various cell layers of normal human… 
1982
1982
Changes in regional keratin polypeptide patterns during phorbol ester-mediated reversible and permanently sustained hyperplasia of mouse epidermis.
The keratin polypeptide pattern of newborn mouse back, ear, and tail epidermis is uniform and consists of eight individual… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Epidermal ornithine decarboxylase, polyamines, cell proliferation, and tumor promotion.
Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) level and the levels of its biosynthetic product, putrescine, are elevated in various proliferative… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Epidermal nevus syndrome.
1971
1971
Dermatitic epidermal nevus.
Five patients had persistent pruritic linear eruption, unresponsive to therapy. In four, the onset was in early childhood… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Multiple minute digitate hyperkeratoses.
Multiple minute digitate hyperkeratoses are located on the chest, arms, and legs of a 32-yearold Negro soldier. The lesions do… 
1967
1967
TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, * A Report of 42 Cases.
TOXIC epidermal necrolysis is a dramatic disorder of which there have been very few recorded cases. It was given this name by… 
1966
1966
Observations on keratinization of human skin in vitro.
In spite of extensive investigations, epidermal keratinization remains relatively poorly understood. A number of recent studies… 
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