Supernumerary nipples occurring together with Becker's naevus: An association involving one common paradominant trait?

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 388-390

  Urbani, Carlo Enrico ^a,b,c   Betti, Roberto ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c San Paolo Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^d SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NEVUS; POLYTHELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; NEVUS; NIPPLES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030984090     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050521     Document Type: Short Survey

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