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Clinical genetics of familial keloids.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Nov 2001
Marneros A G, Norris J E, Olsen B R, Reichenberger E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Keloids are proliferative fibrous growths that result from an excessive tissue response to skin trauma. Most keloids occur sporadically, but some cases are familial. However, the genetics of keloid formation have only rarely been documented, and the mode of inheritance is not known. OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the clinical genetic characteristics of keloid wound-healing disorder. OBSERVATIONS: We studied...
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