Familial cutis tricolor: A possible example of paradominant inheritance

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-345

  Baba, Mete ^a   Seçkin, Deniz ^a   Akçali, Cenk ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutis tricolor; Didymosis; Paradominant inheritance; Twin spotting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BREAST HYPOPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL CUTIS TRICOLOR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHERITANCE; MACROPHAGE; MELANOCYTE; PEDIGREE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; TWINS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; BREAST DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0042160192     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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