Article
Progressive bilateral nasal alar collapse: a dominantly inherited trait.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 1992
Cole H, Bodurtha J, Salbert B A, Wolf B
Abstract excerpt
We describe a 47-year-old woman with progressive bilateral collapse of the alae nasi first noted at age 16 years. Her dizygotic twin daughters have similar nasal collapse beginning at age 20 years. This condition appears to be inherited as a dominant trait. Although plastic surgical correction has been successful for a phenotypically similar condition due to trauma, surgical correction must be considered...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Nose
- Phenotype
- Twins, Dizygotic