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Hyperpigmentation with Café-au-Lait Spots or Lentigines

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This chapter encompasses a unique group of hyperpigmented skin conditions with cafe-au-lait spots or lentigines, including familial multiple cafe-au-lait spots, segmental neurofibromatosis, neurofibromatosis with Noonan syndrome, Legius syndrome, Carney complex, eruptive lentiginosis, agminated lentiginosis, centrofacial lentiginosis, acral lentigines, Puva lentigo, and phacomatosis melanorosea.

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Tan, C., Zhu, WY. (2023). Hyperpigmentation with Café-au-Lait Spots or Lentigines. In: Tan, C., Zhu, WY. (eds) Atlas of Pigmentary Skin Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5634-8_7

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