Large congenital melanocytic nevi may reflect paradominant inheritance implying allelic loss

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-432

  Danarti, Retno ^a   König, Arne ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital melanocytic nevus; Familial occurrence of congenital nevi; Giant melanocytic nevus; Lethal mutation; Loss of heterozygosity; Mosaicism; Paradominant inheritance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMIZYGOSITY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MOSAICISM; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142184344     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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