title: Cutis aplasia of the scalp: three cases in eighteen months.
abstract: Three patients with cutis aplasia of the scalp presented to Arkansas Children's Hospital over a period of eighteen months. Two of the patients required operative intervention for closure of the defects and the third patient healed with dressing changes. Surgery required the combined efforts of both neurosurgery and plastic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wrubel
authors.forename: G Timothy
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Burson
mesh_terms: D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D016038:Skin Transplantation