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Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:1313.

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VOL. XVII.
NOVEMBER, 1899.
No. 11.

Original Communications.

SOME CASES OF BILATERAL LINEAR NEVUS, SOMETIMES CALLED "NEVUS, UNIUS LATERIS."

BY ISADORE DYER, PH.B. (YALE), M.D., Professor on Diseases of the Skin, New Orleans Polyclinic; Editor of New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, etc.: New Orleans.

DR. MORROW has given the name of linear nevus to the condition called by various terms, but most commonly referred to as nevus unius lateris, nevus verrucosus and nevus neuroticus.

In summarizing the charactertics generally observed, the author emphasizes the following point:

1. Its linear disposition, referring to the streaks of lesions in their arrangement following in certain cases, the distribution of definite nerve tracts or following the natural lines of cleavage of the skin.

J Cutan Genito-Urin Dis. November 1899;17:489.

Editor's Comment:

About 1 year after Dr Dyer's report, Alfred Blaschko first presented his findings on the distribution of linear skin diseases. Try to identify . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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