McCune-Albright Syndrome

van der Wal, Jacqueline E.

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Jacqueline E. van der Wal³

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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia combined with café au lait pigmentation of the skin and oral mucosa and multiple endocrinopathies, such as sexual precocity, pituitary adenoma, or hyperthyroidism.

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Melanosis, Smoker’s

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Department of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jacqueline E. van der Wal

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J.H.J.M. van Krieken

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van der Wal, J.E. (2018). McCune-Albright Syndrome. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_2789-1

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_2789-1
Received: 24 April 2018
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Published: 02 July 2018
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