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Correlation of Embryonic Fusion Planes with the Anatomical Distribution of Basal Cell Carcinoma
8 May 2007
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BACKGROUND: The clinical relevance of the anatomic distribution of basal cell carcinoma is not completely understood. Embryonic fusion planes--the regions of mesenchymal migration and fusion of the five primordial facial processes during the 5th to 10th weeks of human development--have been implicated in the pathogenesis of basal cell carcinoma. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to examine the predilection of...
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