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A Contribution to the Understanding of the Heredity of Skin Tumors
Author(s) -
Schnyder Urs W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1994.tb01806.x
Subject(s) - heredity , pathology , medicine , biology , genetics
At least 21 multiple tumors of the skin are inherited autosomal‐dominantly. Eighteen are benign and three are malignant. One‐third of these tumors have no associated lesions, another third is associated with benign visceral lesions, and a final third belongs to the group of cancer associated genodermatoses. The solitary variants of these tumors, however, are sporadic, not inherited.