Familial polythelia over three generations with polymastia in the youngest girl

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 375-377

  Galli Tsinopoulou, Assimina ^a,b   Krohn, Carsten ^a   Schmidt, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Familial history; Polymastia; Polythelia; Renal anomalies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC BREAST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PEDIGREE; POLYTHELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BREAST; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIPPLES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0035039664     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310100737     Document Type: Article

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