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Mosaicism in human skin. Understanding the patterns and mechanisms
1993-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Background: The skin is especially suitable for the study of mosaicism. In this review, the various genetic mechanisms leading to mosaicism and the resulting cutaneous patterns are considered. Observations: Mosaicism may produce different cutaneous patterns such as the lines of Blaschko, the checkerboard pattern, the phylloid pattern, and a patchy pattern without midline separation. A unique lateralization pattern...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c85b7ad3-c27d-5425-93d7-b0158223136d
- DOI
- 10.1001/archderm.129.11.1460
