Children with red hair have more freckles but fewer melanocytic nevi: Results from a cohort study of 280 three-year-olds [2]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1042-1043

  Dellavalle, Robert P ^a   Johnson, Kathryn R ^b   Hester, Eric J ^b   Deas, Ann M ^b   Mokrohisky, Stefan ^b   Morelli, Joseph G ^b   Crane, Lori A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

EYE COLOR; EYE EXAMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LENTIGO; LETTER; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PEDIATRICIAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MUTATION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MUTATION; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24044479703     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.8.1042     Document Type: Letter

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