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Circumscribed palmar or plantar hypokeratosis: report of an italian case

D Tosi1, F Sala, C Crosti

  • 1Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Dermatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan via Pace 9, Milan, 20122, Italy.

Indian Journal of Dermatology
|July 1, 2011
PubMed

Keywords:
Hypokeratosispalmarplantarstair-like configuration

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