Hypothesis: vascular twin naevi and somatic recombination in man.

doi:10.1016/0140-6736(90)90209-n

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Hypothesis: vascular twin naevi and somatic recombination in man.

Lancet (London, England) - 17 Feb 1990

Happle R, Koopman R, Mier P D

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Can the genetic concept of somatic recombination explain the phenomenon of vascular twin naevi in man? If so, this cutaneous disease would be a human counterpart of twin spots observed in animals and plants.

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Alleles
Animals
Child
Female
Genes, Recessive
Humans
Mutation
Neoplastic Stem Cells
Nevus
Recombination, Genetic
Skin
Skin Neoplasms

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